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No. 49 - August 2024 |
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GIZ Rural Youth Employment project now on EcoAgtube | | |
| We are pleased to announce that the Rural Youth Employment Promotion Project (ProEmploi) has launched its project video page on EcoAgtube under the name ‘Rural Youth Employment’: Rural Youth Employment | EcoAgtube The ProEmploi project is funded by GIZ and implemented with the support from GFA. The project team has developed different videos on agricultural and agri-entrepreneurial topics, and decided to share these videos via EcoAgtube. Read more ...
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| Access Agriculture entrepreneur model in limelight at Sustainability Symposium in Malawi | | |
| The innovative Entrepreneur for Rural Access (ERA) model presented by Vinjeru Mlenga, Access Agriculture Entrepreneur Coach for Southern Africa and Pemphero Kumbani, ERA from Malawi, attracted a lot of attention at the Sustainability Symposium in Lilongwe, Malawi, 16-17 July 2024. The Sustainability Symposium brought together the implementing partners of the project ‘Empowering Youth in Agribusiness (EYA!) - Supporting agricultural technical vocational education and training (ATVET)’ to highlight project achievements, showcase successful and sustainable approaches and effective partnerships. The Symposium marked the end of the EYA! ATVET project, which was implemented by GIZ in partnership with several organisations in Malawi. Read more ... | | |
| Spotlight on a young changemaker |
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| Spotlight on a young changemaker: Pemphero Kumbani from Malawi | | |
| Pemphero Kumbani is an Aquaculture and Fisheries Expert. In association with two of his classmates, he founded AquaLink Services to become the leading Malawi aquaculture input and advisory service provider. In 2020, they were selected as one of the Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERA) teams from Malawi. One year after they started screening videos, the annual turnover of AquaLink Services increased by 43%. According to Pemphero, the Access Agriculture videos have encouraged women to take up aquaculture, which helped them to gain money and dignity. For example, women groups near Lake Malawi stopped being abused by fishermen after the women established their own fish ponds and had season-long access to fish. “When rural women watched the videos, they realised it was much easier than they had thought, so some have ventured into aquaculture.” - Pemphero Kumbani Pemphero has been featured in Access Agriculture’s book “Young changemakers". Click here to read the full story.
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| Collecting traditional varieties | | |
| Local varieties often cope better with drought and other stresses, and outperform modern varieties when grown under ecological conditions. Collect traditional varieties by visiting seed savers in their homes, or while attending seed festivals and farmer training events. Seed savers and seed producers select the varieties they like most. These are then grown in separate plots from which community members can select the 2 or 3 cultivars or varieties they like most. On this basis they decide how much seed to grow for distribution and sales.
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| | Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) at work in India (Madhya Pradesh state under the GIZ-SuATI project) - ERA team members, Devendra Kumar and Vivek Dwivedi, who are associated with Abhyuday Sansthan NGO, facilitated five video shows during July 2024 in Kanera, Neguwa, Bari, Gorapurava, and Gaurari villages in Chattarpur district, Madhya Pradesh state, for 199 participants, including 67 female participants. The ERA team showed the following videos: Herbal medicine against fever in livestock, Making a chilli seedbed, Rice transplanting, Root and stem rot in groundnut, Succeed with seeds and Animals & trees for a better crop, among others. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
- ERA team members, Manisha Lodhi and Shivani Vishwakarma, who are associated with Manav Vikas Seva Sangh (MVSS) NGO, conducted five training sessions with videos during July 2024 in Jalampur, Papet, Googra, Rurawan villages in Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh state, for 89 participants, including 79 female participants. The videos shown included, Dairy goat feeding, Reviving soils with mucuna, Rice transplanting,Organic biofertilizer in liquid and solid form, and Using sack mounds to grow vegetables, among others. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
- ERA team members, Khushboo Singh and Rajendra Singh, who are associated with Population Services International (PSI) NGO, conducted seven training sessions with videos during July 2024 in Veerampura Theha, Siharan High School, Siharan Thola and Gungara in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh state, for 68 participants, including 36 female participants. The videos shown included, Rice transplanting, Grafting mango seedlings, Managing aphids in beans and vegetables and Managing aflatoxins in maize during drying and storage, among others. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
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| Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) at work in India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states) - ERA team members, B. Govindrao and Krishna Rao, who are associated with Sabala NGO, facilitated four video shows during May-July 2024 in Kallepalli, Musiram, Marlapalli and Rega villages in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh state, for 145 participants, including 54 female participants. The videos shown included Root and stem rot in groundnut, Managing bacterial leaf blight in rice, Managing aflatoxins in maize during drying and storage, Herbal medicine against fever in livestock, and Solar drying of chillies, among others.
K Saraswathi, Executive Secretary of the Sabala organisation and CEO of the Arogya Millets Producer Company, was delighted to share the happy news that she received ‘The Woman Exemplar Award’ by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Foundation. The award was presented to her by the Honourable Finance Minister of India, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman. The award recognises grassroots women leaders from rural and resource-poor areas who are driving social change. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook) - ERA team members, Midathana Hemalatha, Ramanamma and Thoudanna, associated with Vikasa NGO conducted three videos shows during May-July 2024 for 86 participants, including 27 female participants, in Paridi and Bailuvalasa villages, Alluri Seetharamaraju district, Andhra Pradesh state. They screened the following videos: Staking tomato plants, Good handling of tomatoes, Root and stem rot in groundnut, Integrated approach against fruit flies, Fattening sheep and goats, and Feeding improved chickens.
- ERA team members, Vanthala Matsyaraju, Pangi Lakshmi and Salla Venkata Lakshmi, associated with Adivasi Mitra Welfare Society, organised two training sessions with videos during May-July 2024 for 38 participants, including 16 female participants, in Edulagundi and Paderu villages, Alluri Seetharamaraju district, Andhra Pradesh state. The following videos were screened in the training sessions: Growing oyster mushrooms, and Drip irrigation for tomato, among others. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
- ERA team members, Pothula Buggappa and Budda Anuradha, who are associated with the Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (WASSAN-Telangana), conducted one training session, where they showed the videos Staking tomato plants and Direct seeded rice in dry conditions to 25 participants, including 7 female participants, in Bandiwada village, Vikarabad district, Telangana state.
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| | The Live Dialogue series has been launched by Access Agriculture Local Engagement team to build and nurture strong relationships with key partners, including volunteer Ambassadors, Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs), media houses and other local organisation, and stimulate discussion on issues relating to Access Agriculture activities. The following episodes of Access Agriculture Live Dialogue for 2024 were held in June and July 2024: | | |
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| Farmers know how to keep seed healthy | | |
| Agricultural scientists have long concluded that the seed of some crops degenerates steadily with each planting. This is especially true for crops that are planted vegetatively, for example through cuttings or tubers, like the potato. Degeneration is the buildup of pests and diseases, passed one from one generation to the next in vegetative seed, slowly lowering the crop’s yield. A long-term study by Ecuadorian plant scientist, Israel Navarrete, was able to reconfirm this, but only in experiments, not in farmers’ fields. In experimental plots at different altitudes in the high Andes, potatoes originally planted from certified (healthy) seed acquired more viruses and other pathogens every year, for three years.
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| | Ezinne Emeana, Nigeria, holds a PhD in Agroecology and Food Sovereignty from the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University in the UK. Her PhD research focused on sustainable agricultural practices and food systems, and pathways for transitioning to agroecological practices and co-creation of agroecological knowledge and exchange. Prior to her PhD, Ezinne worked as a researcher and an agricultural extension officer at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria. Her research works contribute to the understanding of sustainability in the design and development of information communication technology assisted innovative systems that can enhance interactive exchange of agroecological knowledge. Ezinne is presently exploring gender-based violence in agricultural food systems and potential impact on agroecology development in Africa. She is keen to promote the works of Access Agriculture through engaging the grassroots on agroecological practices using knowledge co-creation strategies. | | |
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