17 March 2020

We are grateful for the ongoing support from so many individuals and organisations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. This will enable us to continue vital work helping communities across eastern Africa to escape poverty and build their resilience to challenges such as the climate crisis, the current locust infestation and to economic shocks brought about by the pandemic.

13 March 2020

Farm Africa has received funding from the Open Society Foundations for a two-year project, Strengthening the Aquaculture Ecosystem in Kenya (SAEK), to build a resilient and inclusive policy environment for the development of Kenya’s aquaculture sector. 

06 March 2020

International Women’s Day is here, giving Farm Africa an opportunity to reflect on how our projects are empowering women and girls in eastern Africa. Farm Africa’s Livestock for Livelihoods programme, funded by UK aid, supports pastoralist women in South Omo and Karamoja to set up sustainable, small goal rearing enterprises to generate income and provide them and their families with a more nutritious diet.

06 March 2020

Naphtali has joined Farm Africa’s Growing Futures project in Kenya. Before joining, he struggled to fetch a good price for this vegetables. Now with a contract with the export company VegPro, his income has grown.

04 March 2020

Since 2018, Farm Africa’s Cashew and Sesame Value Chain Project, funded by the European Union’s Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa, has offered technical and business training to young people and women in Kwale, Kilifi and Lamu Counties to help them start skilled service provision businesses within the cashew and sesame value chains.