Newsletter no 33 – April 2023

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Access Agriculture Panorama
No. 33 - April 2023
How to sell ecological food
New video from Access Agriculture : How to sell ecological food
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Access Agriculture Podcast
Access Agriculture Podcast
Improving farmers’ access to smart learning with videos: Insights from a young Indian changemaker
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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NEWS
First Access Agriculture videos in South African languages in the making
First Access Agriculture videos in South African languages
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
The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences
The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences: Webinar dedicated to media houses
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.
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The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences
Young entrepreneurs in Uganda empowered with digital skill
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.

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Give wings to women entrepreneurs in rural India
Your support needed to empower the changemakers
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.
New videos added in March
50 new videos - 10 Bariba, 15 Hindi, 04 isiXhosa, 10 Kinyarwanda / Kirundi, 01 Marathi, 05 Sepedi, and 05 Telegu - have been posted on our platform www.accessagriculture.org. They are freely downloadable as video (mp4), audio (mp3), mobile (video format 3gp) along with a one-page fact sheet with contact details for more information.
Most viewed video in March
Herbal medicine against fever in livestock
Herbal medicine against fever in livestock
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.
FROM OUR CHANGEMAKERS
ERAs@work
ERAs@Work in India
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):
Interactions with ERAs
Agriculture Entrepreneur Coaches from India and Philippines Coordinator
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.
BLOG POSTS
What do earthworms want?
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.
MEET OUR AMBASSADOR
David Nderitu
David Nderitu
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.
WINNER OF THE MONTHLY QUIZ
Shey Lesley Ringnyu - Winner of Access Agriculture March 2023 Quiz contest
Shey Lesley Ringnyu
Winner of Access Agriculture March 2023 Quiz contest
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