BRIGHT, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, is building the resilience of 100,000 highland farm households in Uganda to economic and climate-related shocks. The program will work with families to implement inclusive farm planning and decision-making as well as appropriate climate-smart agriculture techniques and technologies.
Join the Borlaug Dialogue: Feeding a Fragile World, Oct. 18-20
Join us at two Borlaug Dialogue sessions: "Achieving Food Security: Bold action in Africa for fertilizer and soil health" and "Developing a Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan for Africa: Underlying Science and Policy Issues."
On September 28, IFDC and partners participated in the official launch of the Fertilizer Platform Ghana (FPG), which promotes increased agricultural productivity through the sustainable use of fertilizer and soil amendments.
Enhancing Public-Private Collaboration to Improve the Fertilizer Supply System in Nepal
The NSAF project and the Fertilizer Association of Nepal conducted a policy dialogue with the public and private sectors for improving the fertilizer supply system in the country.
HortiNigeria Improves Access to Reliable Suppliers and Producers of Healthy Vegetables in Kaduna State
On September 21, the Dutch-funded HortiNigeria program hosted a vegetable-sourcing mission designed to improve market linkages between farmers, offtakers, and financial service providers.
Economic Viability of Ghana's Smallholder Agriculture
IFDC's Oumou Camara, Prem Bindraban, William Adzawla, and Williams K. Atakora discuss the viability of Ghana's smallholder agriculture in the journal, Sustainable Farming through Building Soil Health and Climate Smart Innovations.
Smallholder farmers in Mozambique are now using solar- and pedal-powered water pumps and other climate-smart agriculture irrigation systems, because the new technologies significantly reduce labor while increasing productivity.
