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Access Agriculture Panorama
No. 33 - April 2023 |
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Access Agriculture leaflet
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Welcome to our monthly news update with
‘Access Agriculture Panorama’
This monthly e-newsletter gives a bird’s eye view of all the exciting updates from Access Agriculture, a world-leading organisation for quality agricultural training videos in international and local languages, working across the Global South.
The links to different language versions are given below each section.
If at any time you wish to unsubscribe, please use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter. |
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| Access Agriculture Podcast |
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| Improving farmers’ access to smart learning with videos: Insights from a young Indian changemaker |
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Audio podcast of Access Agriculture Co-founder Phil Malone in conversation with Neeraj Kumar, Co-founder of Khetee, an NGO in Bihar, India, on his experience as Access Agriculture’s Entrepreneur for Rural Access (ERA). Listen here ...
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| First Access Agriculture videos in South African languages |
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Access Agriculture conducted a translation workshop 7-9 March 2023 for South Africa, under the Knowledge Centers for Organic Agriculture (KCOA) Project, in Cala, Eastern Cape, in South Africa. Read more ... (3) Facebook
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| The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences: Webinar dedicated to media houses |
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A webinar titled ‘The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences’ was held by Access Agriculture on 14th March for the English-speaking audience. For the French-speaking audience, a webinar on the same theme, titled ‘Le son et la vision de l’agriculture biologique pour les audiences rurales’ was held on 21st March. Both the webinars were organised as part of the Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture (KCOA) project activities.
Read more ....
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| Young entrepreneurs in Uganda empowered with digital skill |
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As part of a joint project with FAO Farmer Field School (FFS) in Uganda, eight youths belonging to three entrepreneur teams from Karamoja region in Uganda took part in an orientation course, 15-17 March, to master the use of a solar-powered Digisoft smart projector (containing all Access Agriculture farmer-training videos).
The three teams had won a smart projector each through the Access Agriculture Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund initiative based on their business model on using the smart projector to screen farmer training videos in rural areas to bring about a positive change in the lives of farming communities. The winners of the Challenge Fund are called Entrepreneurs for Rural Access or ERAs, in short.
Read more ....
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| Your support needed to empower the changemakers |
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We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our donors, as two of the six young women entrepreneurs whom our campaign targets, have successfully embarked on their journey to bring knowledge to other women of their farming communities.
Please be one of the wonderful people to make a donation at GlobalGiving and share this opportunity with your friends.
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| New videos added in March |
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| Most viewed video in March |
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| Herbal medicine against fever in livestock |
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In this video, we will learn what causes fever, how to recognise an animal with fever and how to handle a simple case of fever on your farm using a few simple tips.
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The following ERAs are part of the Access Agriculture project in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India, supported by the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation (KGJF):
- ERA team members, Janaki Bobbili and Eswar Rao, associated with Sabala NGO, facilitated four video shows in March for 125 participants (90 female participants), including schoolchildren, in Marlapalli, Lingampeta, Ghanisettipalem and Kotanavanipalem villages, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh state. The videos shown included Using sack mounds to grow vegetables and Making a vermicompost bed; Silage from maize; SLM00 Introduction and SLM12 Conservation agriculture; Compost from rice straw (See photo in Access Agriculture Flickr).
- ERA team member, Pothula Buggappa, associated with WASSAN NGO based in Telangana, who fosters skill sets in farmer groups in best agricultural practices and marketing facilitated four video shows in March for 146 participants, including 40 women, in Bandiwada, Rayalagutta and Thimmareddypally villages, Vikarabad district, Telangana state. The videos shown included The rice seedbed, Effective weed management in rice, Making a good okra seeding, Solar drying of chillies, Drip irrigation for tomato and Intercropping maize with pigeon peas, and Sowing and thinning sorghum, among others. Participants appreciated the videos and asked for more videos in Telugu language. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr)
- ERA team members, Anuradha and Sandeep, associated with WASSAN NGO in Andhra Pradesh, conducted two video screening sessions in March for 25 participants, including 22 women in Nallacheruvu village, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh state. The videos shown included Making a cooling chamber for tomatoes and Good handling of tomatoes. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr). Participants appreciated the videos and asked for more videos on storage of tomatoes and technique of sun drying of tomatoes.
- ERA team members, Indira Karri, Santhi Kumari Tuburu and Dasari Dali Naidu, from Susag Millet Farmer Producer Company (FPC), coordinated 12 video shows in February and March for 206 participants, (105 female participants), including schoolchildren. The events were held in the following villages in Alluri Seetharamaraju district, Andhra Pradesh state: Galaganda, Sirasapalli, Chidiputtu, Gasabu, Chuttumetta, Boddaputtu, Santhabayalu, and Boithili.
-- The videos shown included the following: Good handling of tomatoes (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook); Rice seed preservation (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook); Coffee: picking & drying (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook); Floating vegetable gardens and Intercropping maize with pigeon peas (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook); The rice seedbed; Managing bacterial leaf blight in rice and Mulch for a better soil and crop; Taking care of okra; The wonder of earthworms; Grow row by row and Making more money from onions; Killing fall armyworms naturally and Root and stem rot in groundnut. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr).
- ERA team members, Pangi Lakshmi, Salla Venkata Lakshmi and Vanthala Matsyaraju, from Adivasi Mitra Welfare Society, organised nine training sessions for 160 participants, including 110 young women, using videos in the following villages in Alluri Seetharamaraju district, Andhra Pradesh state: Pamrelli, Thulbarang, P.Chinthaveedi, Thotlagondi, Kunthurla, Vampur and Gabbangi. The videos shown included Drip irrigation for tomato; Coffee: picking & drying and Drip irrigation for tomato; Organic biofertilizer in liquid and solid form and Coffee: group organisation; Making a vermicompost bed and Drip irrigation for tomato; Mulch for a better soil and crop; SLM00 Introduction (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr).
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Access Agriculture team of Entrepreneur coaches from India -- Nandini Pakki and Mounica Lingireddy – accompanied by Philippines Coordinator Danessa Lopega, interacted with ERAs and representatives from partner organisations, namely Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) and Watershed Support Services Activities Network (WASSAN). Among the places visited were Kadapa and Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, as well as Vikarabad, Telangana. Aside from the video shows, the team was able to have field visits and see the enterprises and processing units of the ERAs and farmer groups. The visit offered to Danessa a first-hand view of how the ERA teams in India are using the video shows to help their communities and how this could be applied in the Philippines to benefit indigenous communities there.
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Even seemingly simple tasks, like raising the humble earthworm, can be done in more ways than one, however all variations must follow certain basic principles.
In a video from Bangladesh, villagers show the audience how to raise earthworms in cement rings, sunk into the soil. The floor is covered with a sheet of plastic to keep the worms from escaping. The worms are fed on chunks of banana corm and the ring is covered to keep out the rain, but still retain some moisture.
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| David Nderitu |
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David Nderitu is the Executive Director Imarisha - Kenya and holds an M.A in Population Studies and a B.A. in Economics and Sociology. He has over 15 years of extensive knowledge and experience in civil society organisations, in particular organising capacity building activities, policy-advocacy (including working with the media), and working with national and county governments. He is passionate in promoting sustainable agriculture practices especially organic farming, recruiting smallholder farmers into the organic farming value chain and solidifying partnerships with other actors in this sector.
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WINNER OF THE MONTHLY QUIZ
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