Welcome to Access Agriculture

About Access Agriculture

Access Agriculture is an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages.  Here you can see examples of videos, download them or order a DVD copy.  The audio tracks can also be downloaded by radio stations.

This is a platform for agricultural R&D staff, service providers, extension agents, communication professionals and representatives of farmer organisations to see what training videos are available and request new language versions.The videos are all designed to support sustainable agriculture in developing countries.

For maximum impact in improving opportunities for farmers explore Access Agriculture.

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News

  • New Leadership Team elected for Access Agriculture
    Co-founder of Access Agriculture, Paul Van Mele has been voted in as Chair of the organisation for a further 3 years. He will be supported by Vice-Chair, Mary Kamau, former director of Extension Services at Kenya’s Agriculture Ministry, and Treasurer, Alphan Njeru, a retired senior partner with PwC Kenya.
  • Bangladesh and Nepal go full swing on farmer training videos
    Access Agriculture trained staff from Practical Action and the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) to increase the availability of quality videos for farmers in local languages.
  • 100,000 visitors to Access Agriculture website
    In less than four years, Access Agriculture has reached the milestone of attracting over 100,000 visitors to its website.
  • Fairtrade Producer Networks join forces with Access Agriculture
    More than one and a half million farmers that benefit from better market prices through the Fairtrade scheme may soon benefit from broader livelihood support through a strategic partnership between Access Agriculture and Fairtrade.
  • Let’s Celebrate International Mother Language Day
    Access Agriculture is doing its bit to mark the day. The Nairobi-based organisation already has 75 languages represented on its website www.accessagriculture.org.
  • Iranian students triumph on Access Agriculture website
    7 PhD students from the Agricultural Education Department at Razi University in Iran have recently translated and voiced seven videos from the Access Agriculture website as part of their studies.
  • Access Agriculture’s new Executive Secretary takes office
    Dr Nelson K. Ojijo Olang’o, a Kenyan national, has taken up his post as the new Executive Secretary of Access Agriculture. Before joining Access Agriculture, for 8 years Dr Nelson Ojijo worked as Lead Specialist, Capacity Development, at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Accra, Ghana. He is no stranger to the CGIAR, private sector, agricultural universities, NGOs and farmer organisations.
  • Access Agriculture wins International Award for Innovation
    Nairobi based Access Agriculture has won GOLD in the Innovation category of the EVCOM Clarion Awards at an International Award Ceremony in London. The Access Agriculture website which features “farmer to farmer” videos in local languages was singled out for the imaginative way in which videos of value can be accessed by the target audience either directly or through extension staff.
  • Successful Video Training Workshops in South Asia
    From September 25th to October 8th twelve people were trained in the production of quality farmer-to-farmer training videos. Trainees were nominated through their respective partner organisations: Agriculture Information Services (AIS) in Bangladesh, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) and MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in India.
  • New Access Agriculture website launched
    Based on user feedback, Access Agriculture revamped its website. A major change is that all the videos are now also freely downloadable in 3GP format for mobile phone viewing.

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