Newsletter no 17 – December 2021

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• Access Agriculture Entrepreneur coach for Southern Africa, Vinjeru Nyirenda Mlenga, and five ERAs from Zambia (Innocent Chansa, Susan Phiri, Luckson Banda and Zaali Nakalonga) were featured in the article “Zambian youth empowered with video projectors,” in PELUM Zambia News Letter (001):14-15.
• ERA from Uganda, Canary Ahabwe, AgroMush Team Leader and his team mates, showed Access Agriculture training videos on Growing oyster mushrooms and rabbit farming to farmers in Kigarama, Sheema district, Uganda.
• ERA from Kenya, Elphas Masanga, Farmer Trainer in biodiversity conservation at Slow Food Kenya and Coordinator for Slow Food Youth Network in Kenya, screened the training video on Using sack mounds to grow vegetables to schoolchildren at Mercy Njeri Primary School, Rongai Subcounty, Nakuru County, Kenya (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook). To empower youth in Nakuru Town East Subcounty, he showed the video on Vermiwash: an organic tonic for crops (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Kenya, Christopher Mwazighe, Founder and Project manager of Inua-biz Kenya and lead representative for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) in Taita, Taveta County, had screened the training video on ‘Tomato concentrate and juice' to a group of young people Bura, Taita Taveta County, Kenya, in April 2021. After seeing the video, the group decided to start a business producing tomato concentrate and juice. Christopher was impressed to note that in November 2021, the group set out to test their product on the market and get feedback.
• ERA from Rwanda, Jean Félix Mizero, Founder and CEO of Nutrition Advisory Council Rwanda Ltd (NAC Rwanda), trained a group of youth in Kamegeri Sector, Nyamagabe District, Rwanda on managing fruits flies. For this he showed them the training video on the Integrated approach against fruit flies. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Kenya, Maureen Maina, Field Trainer at Schools and Colleges Permaculture (SCOPE), Kenya, showed training videos to youth on Mulch for a better soil and crop and beans. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Kenya, Sylvia Wangui Njonjo, Administrator and Field Officer at Community Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Environmental Program (CSHEP) Kenya, screened videos on Managing aphids in beans and vegetables and Farmers' rights to seed – Malawi. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Rwanda, Theoneste Nshimumuremyi, Finance Manager at the Nutrition Advisory Council Rwanda Ltd (NAC Rwanda), showed training videos on Making a cooling chamber for tomatoes and Managing aflatoxins in maize during drying and storage in Kamegeri, Rwanda. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)

• Access Agriculture Ambassador, Maliki Agnoro, Founder/Director of the Gouvernail Consulting firm, led a solidarity campaign and introduction of Access Agriculture farmer-training videos in the Donga Department in north-western Benin. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)
• Access Agriculture Ambassador Grace Musimami introduced Access Agriculture videos to Dr Toa Gordon Victor, Production Manager, Arua district, Uganda. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)
• Grace participated in a workshop titled ‘Rethinking Agribusiness in a digitalised Economy,’ where he was invited to make a presentation on ‘How youth agriprenueers can use videos to scale their business models’. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)
• During the 5th Africa-wide Agricultural Extension Week (AAEW), held in Kampala, Uganda, 14-20 November 2021, Grace met with Access Agriculture Governing Board member, Mary Kamau, who urged extension actors in Africa to adopt Access Agriculture farmer training video model. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)