by Rachael Spiers | May 20, 2024 | News
Training Co-ordinator Evgenia Mahler reflects on the Take Charge of Your Life training by facilitator Nina Mapili with Divagri Master Trainers and farmers in South Africa and Ghana recently. Through a series of interactive discussions and reflective exercises,...
by Rachael Spiers | May 20, 2024 | News
What motivated you to apply to be a Master Trainer? I found the technologies useful. The DIVAGRI researchers suggested we practice intercropping with different crops like cow-pea and beans. They also took us to Pretoria to show us all the other technologies. I found...
by Rachael Spiers | May 20, 2024 | News
Small scale farmer Rolene Hendricks who was inspired by the Take Charge of Your Life workshop in Stellenbosch, South Africa recently has plans to become a full-time organic farmer who processes her own vegetables and trains other small farmers to go organic. “I...
by Rachael Spiers | May 20, 2024 | News
DIVAGRI Phd Student Mhlengi Khambule from Stellenbosch University shares his insights on the benefits of desalination greenhouses for small farmers in Africa. Why is a desalination greenhouse important technology for small farmers in Africa? With increasingly...
by Rachael Spiers | May 20, 2024 | News
Agricultural Research Council researchers Charity Mapumulo and Noluthando Ngcobo share their insights on how kwaNdaba farmers are responding to biobased technologies on the DIVAGRI research project. How has Divagri helped kwaNdaba small-scale farmers? The DIVAGRI...
by Rachael Spiers | May 20, 2024 | News
DIVAGRI Gender Expert Elisa Matola from Instituto Superior Politecnico de Manica in Mozambique discusses the importance of gender empowerment on the DIVAGRI project Why are women and youth empowerment so important in the small-scale farming sector in Africa? Women and...
