From the Field Spring / Summer 2025

As we enter Farm Africa’s 40th year of operation, we’re excited to share with you some of our favourite success stories from the last year, which were made possible thanks to your support.

Our stories...

Stories • 6 February 2025

Kenya

Staff Spotlight: Charles Kahihia

Charles Kahihia, one of Farm Africa’s drivers working in Nairobi in Kenya, has been with the organisation since 2011. As we take a look back on our work over the past 40 years, we asked Charles to talk about his time at Farm Africa.

Stories • 6 February 2025

Tanzania

Revisiting Teresia 15 years later

Tanzanian smallholder farmer Teresia recounts the transformational impact that taking part in Farm Africa's sesame project had on her life.

Stories • 21 November 2024

Kenya

Integrating black soldier fly larvae production into aquaculture

Imagine if compost heaps were breeding grounds for cash instead of flies. Moses Otieno and Samuel Odhiambo are young entrepreneurs from western Kenya who are engaging in the production of black soldier fly (BSF) larvae. BSF production involves the rapid conversion of local organic waste...

News • 3 December 2024

Kenya

Persons with disabilities leading the way in soybean production

In western Kenya, persons with disabilities are planting soybeans with the hope of transforming their lives. The Chakol and Amase Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) groups first formed in Alupe, western Kenya in 2013 with the aim of improving their members’ futures. Over the years, the...

News • 15 November 2024

Farm Africa is a winner of GEF’s Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation

As funding the climate challenge takes centre stage at COP29 in Azerbaijan, today Farm Africa was announced as one of 13 of the latest winners of the Global Environment Facility’s Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced a total of $20...

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All of the stories in this edition of From the Field show the impact your support has had on smallholder farmers in eastern Africa over the past 40 years.

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Smallholder farmer Teresia working in her flour milling shop in Tanzania.

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