Stories: One Acre Fund
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In Tanzania, Farmers Reap the Benefits of Radio
How do you share ideas – including potentially transformative ones – with people who do not have Internet access, are largely illiterate, and live far from paved roads? Even in today’s hyper-connected world, most farmers in Tanzania – who make up 75 percent of the country’s population of 48 million –...
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One Acre Fund Members Singing Before Weekly Farmer Training
One Acre Fund member sing and pray before each of their weekly meetings. We observed a weekly meeting in Iringa, Tanzania, where One Acre Fund has just started its second season in Tanzania. Jennifer James reported from Tanzania as a fellow with the International Reporting Project (IRP).
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“One Acre Fund” e e os pequenos agricultores da Tanzânia
O livro do incrível Roger Thurow sobre o “One Acre Fund” – “Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change” (A última temporada de fome: um ano em uma comunidade rural africana prestes a se transformar, em uma tradução livre) narra um ano...
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A Visit to One Acre Fund in Mlanda, Tanzania
Tom Murphy took these pictures in Tanzania as a fellow with the International Reporting Project (IRP).
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One Acre Fund in Tanzania
Elda Msemwa, 40, is a farmer in Maguliwa. She plants maize and onions, raises 30 chicken and two adult children ages 18 and 22. Her oldest daughter is one of the only 7 people in her village attending university after winning a government scholarship. When asked if she’s proud of her, and if she’d be upset if her daughter never...