Community Sorghum Milling Boosts Income, Jobs and Livelihoods
By Abraham Mehari and Joseph Ashong This real-life story series is part of the Strengthening Inclusive Partnerships for Smallholders in … Continued
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To the Hands of the Poor: Water, Trees, and Biofertilizer
By Femke van Woesik, Frank van Steenbergen and Ellinor Guldstrand In 1989, Robert Chambers, N.C. Saxena and Tushaar Shah wrote … Continued
Livelihood Incentives as Entry Points for Collective Restoration in Ethiopia
By NGOs APDA & ORDA, supported by Nardos Masresha and Femke van Woesik This blog is part of a dossier … Continued
Cold in Quetta
By Talal Naseer and Frank van Steenbergen Quetta, the mountain capital of Balochistan (Pakistan), is known for its harsh winter … Continued
Identity of Women Farmers in India
By Anushree Mitra In Jharkhand, there is a common belief related to ploughing and tilling of the land that if … Continued
On Local Circular Growth: Strengthening Local Value Chains
Frank van Steenbergen, Rommert Schram, Abraham Abhishek, Jean Marc Pace Rici October 21, 2020 In many poor rural areas, there … Continued
On Local Circular Growth: Creating 500,000 Jobs in Rural Transport in Ethiopia
by Frank van Steenbergen, Kifle Woldearegay, Mekdelawit Deribe and Kebede Manjur, Theophilius Kioko, and Abraham Abhishek August 21, 2020 … Continued
Spirulina: Opportunities for nutrition and livelihoods in Ethiopia
Spirulina: Opportunities for nutrition and livelihoods in Ethiopia by Jean Marc Pace Ricci July 23, 2019 Spirulina has been used … Continued
Weapons against domestic violence
by Frank van Steenbergen January 4, 2018 Asked recently what good, improved agriculture brought to farming families in coastal Bangladesh, … Continued
The Maize Trap
Posted by Luwieke Bosma, Theophilus Kioko, and Michaeel Nzuki April 14, 2017 Postcard from Ukambani, Kenya, and greetings from … Continued
Life Skills – the missing foundation to improving socio-economic growth
Posted by Otto Hoffman February 15, 2017 Image courtesy Wikimedia “Harvest to Poverty” The agricultural sector in many developing countries … Continued
We need more bridges now
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen November 16, 2015 Of all bridges, arched stone bridges are among the most special. Standing … Continued