Introduction - FARM-Africa

Welcome to the News and Views page this is where you can find the very latest information on the issues affecting the farmers and herders we work with, and keep up with ways people are working to support FARM-Africa.


In the UK FARM-Africa has helped to establish the new All Party Parliamentary Group on agriculture and food for development in response to growing concerns over the heightening food crisis and a steady decline in the funding for agricultural research of international development.
In Africa FARM-Africa always works alongside governments and we use our projects to discover what works and what does not work. With this learning we can build a body of evidence from which governments can learn and improve the way they support their own people

In the UK

FARM-Africa has helped to establish the new All Party Parliamentary Group on agriculture and food for development in response to growing concerns over the heightening food crisis and a steady decline in the funding for agricultural research of international development.

In Africa

FARM-Africa always works alongside governments and we use our projects to discover what works and what does not work. With this learning we can build a body of evidence from which governments can learn and improve the way they support their own people

07/07/2010

New report showcases practical approaches to improve livelihoods for Africa’s smallholder farmers

Report: Africa's Smallholder Farmers On the back of recent international initiatives to improve global food security, a new report released by the African Smallholder Farmers’ Group (ASFG) focuses attention on ways to increase food security in Africa by improving the livelihoods of Africa’s largely neglected smallholder farmers. Read more

25/06/2010

UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2010

Subsistence farmers in Southern Sudan The UN Global Compact Leaders Summit is currently taking place in New York. In his statement Alan Duncan, Minister of State for International Development highlights FARM-Africa’s planned work with SABMiller.

Click here to read his statement in full.

25/06/2010

Watch the FARM-Africa AGM Panel discussion

Panel discussion at the AGM Watch the energetic panel discussion on the role of enterprise based agriculture in Africa, chaired by Madeleine Bunting, Associate Editor of the Guardian. Click here to watch.

01/06/2010

FARM-Africa’s AGM focuses on empowering rural entrepreneurs

Panel discussion at the AGM FARM-Africa stakeholders and supporters gathered at the offices of Hogan Lovells in London this week to learn about the progress that FARM-Africa is making in transforming farmers in eastern Africa into rural entrepreneurs.

Click here to read more about the AGM and download the new 2009/2010 Annual Review.

View our news archive: 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

Our Spokespeople

Please contact the Press Office to arrange an interview with our spokespeople

UK Headquarters

Chief Executive Officer
Dr Christie Peacock has been FARM-Africa's CEO since 1999.

Director of Programmes
George Mukkath has been the Directors of Programmes since joining FARM-Africa in 2008.

Regional Office Nairobi, Kenya

Regional Director
Helen Altshul has been Regional Director since 2008 having served as Country Director for Kenya since 2004.

Press Office Hours

9.00-17.30 Monday to Friday

Phone number +44(0)20 7067 1252

General email for press office

press@farmafrica.org.uk

The Guardian: 23 March 2009

Annie Kelly looks at the importance of cassava to farmers in Uganda.

The Guardian: 9 March 2009

George Mukkath, the director of programmes at FARM-Africa, tells Madeleine Bunting why growing cassava has more long-term benefits for Katine's farmers than handing out oxen.

The Guardian: 3 February 2009

Development practitioners often struggle with the question of how to balance the expectations of the people with whom they work, with those of others involved - including donors. Getting it right is challenging, writes George Mukkath, director of programmes at FARM-Africa.

To stay informed about FARM-Africa's views on some of the key issues that affect agricultural development please click on the topics below.
Food Crisis The global food crisis is affecting everyone, but in particular many of eastern Africa's farmers, herders and forest communities who typically spend over 80% of their income on food. Find our more about why FARM-Africa is investing in building the capacity of these communities to produce what they need to survive. Genetic Modification (GM) FARM-Africa is a science-based organisation that strives to empower smallholder farmers, herders and forest dwellers to improve their own livelihoods but appropriate solutions to rural hunger must be found. Find out more about how GM could offer a solution to the issue of food equity for African farmers. Climate Change Living in balance with the changing natural environment is a challenge for smallholder farmers, pastoralists and those who live in and around precious forests. The pace and scale of environmental change means that farmers need to adapt their traditional ways of life. Find out how FARM-Africa is enabling farmers to cope with the pressures that of climatic change is bringing. Gender Equity In Africa women produce 80% of food but have traditionally not been able to access resources and training to increase their productivity. Find out how FARM-Africa is working to ensure that both men and women have access to credit, tools and training to improve their livelihoods sustainably.

To stay informed about FARM-Africa's views on some of the key issues that affect agricultural development please click on the topics below.

Food Crisis

The global food crisis is affecting everyone, but in particular many of eastern Africa's farmers, herders and forest communities who typically spend over 80% of their income on food. Find our more about why FARM-Africa is investing in building the capacity of these communities to produce what they need to survive.

Genetic Modification (GM)

FARM-Africa is a science-based organisation that strives to empower smallholder farmers, herders and forest dwellers to improve their own livelihoods but appropriate solutions to rural hunger must be found. Find out more about how GM could offer a solution to the issue of food equity for African farmers.

Climate Change

Living in balance with the changing natural environment is a challenge for smallholder farmers, pastoralists and those who live in and around precious forests. The pace and scale of environmental change means that farmers need to adapt their traditional ways of life. Find out how FARM-Africa is enabling farmers to cope with the pressures that of climatic change is bringing.

Gender Equity

In Africa women produce 80% of food but have traditionally not been able to access resources and training to increase their productivity. Find out how FARM-Africa is working to ensure that both men and women have access to credit, tools and training to improve their livelihoods sustainably.