Renewed Confidence in Potato Farming
May 7, 2026
Justine and her husband have six sons and one daughter. Justine depends on farming to support her household and pay her kids’ school fees. She recalls a time not too […]
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A Multi-Pronged Approach to Food Security
June 6, 2025
Program farmers Martine, Hamado and Mariam attest to the ways in which their lives and family food security have changed for the better after receiving training from local partner ODE. […]
When Life Hands You Lemons … Plant Cowpeas!
February 6, 2025
Growing cowpeas, a nitrogen-fixing legume, is helping Lyya achieve a few important goals: improve soil quality, bring in some income during the time of year when no other money is […]
Sometimes All it Takes is a Little Support
August 19, 2024
If putting in hard work could guarantee success, Pheak and his wife, Mengly, would have been wealthy from sales of their commercial spring onion (green onion) crop. As it was, […]
Farm Broadcasting Gets the Word Out
September 20, 2022
An innovative aspect of this program dedicated to improving nutrition and food security is the use of radio talk shows and public-service announcements to promote good farming practices. Over the […]
Conserving Soils Key to Resiliency
July 28, 2022
Doña Silvia confirms that, as expressed by the subtitle of the program (“Somos Resilientes”), she and her family are indeed resilient. Except for her husband’s seasonal work picking coffee, agriculture […]
Improving Soil Fertility for Nutrition
February 26, 2021
Joseline farms a steep, hilly slope to support herself and her seven children. As with many of the subsistence farmers in the western Rubanda district, erosion was severely affecting her […]