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Disabled and able-bodied people in Uganda are growing medicinal plants and making medicinal soaps and skin products.


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[Herbal soaps and creams]Herbal soaps and creams

Ndambo Ndambo, a project co-ordinator for the Zambian National Farmers Union, is concerned about the small number of school leavers who enter agriculture. He believes that setting up small production units in primary schools may be a better way of encouraging young people into agriculture than ha...


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[Production units for primary schools]Production units for primary schools

What kind of information do farmers need if they want to export their produce internationally, and how to get it


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[Market research for would-be exporters]Market research for would-be exporters

A representative from Cameroon?s Ministry of Agriculture describes how liberalisation has affected farmers, and what the government is doing to support them. Rules imposed by the International Monetary Fund have limited what the government can do.


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[Our hands are tied!]Our hands are tied!

Market information points and a weekly radio programme are two strategies used by the Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[Market information ? rural kiosks and radio]Market information ? rural kiosks and radio

By organising group sales, kola nut farmers in Cameroon have increased their bargaining power


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[Group selling empowers farmers]Group selling empowers farmers

A weather-linked micro-insurance scheme in Malawi which enables small-scale commercial farmers to insure their crops against droughts and floods.


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[Insuring against bad weather]Insuring against bad weather

The president of an association of fertilizer dealers in Ghana explains why farmers should get a better deal in future.


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[A better service from dealers]A better service from dealers

An economist in Zimbabwe?s Ministry of Agriculture summarises the reasons why developing country farmers struggle to sell their produce to foreign markets. He points out some of the progress that is being made in smallholder farming, and suggests the kind of opportunities available to farmers who...


Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation[It?s not fair trade!]It?s not fair trade!

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