Sustainable agriculture
Expensive fertilisers and pesticides are damaging for the environment, and smallholder farmers can’t afford them. Our approach is different.
We start with...
1. Farms as holistic systems: working with what farmers have, as well as what they need. Building an understanding that everything is interconnected.
2. Our Agroecological and Climate Positive Approach (ACPA): low-input and productive, and supporting the environment.
Meshark Sikuku, Farm Systems and Sustainability Coordinator
Check out Meshark’s podcast with Regenagri on the community benefits of regenerative agriculture.
Listen nowHow sustainable agriculture has worked for the Mukasibo family
Before the Mukasibos started working with Ripple Effect in Girinka, Rwanda, they did not have enough food, their small house was dilapidated, the children didn’t go to school, and arguments were common.
By the end of the 3-year project, the family had:
- income from surplus crops to pay for school fees and medical insurance
- improved their home
- rented more farmland
- occasional employment for both parents as trainers to other farmers.
They plan to buy the land they rent, with their savings from produce and selling goats.
We have 30+ years’ experience in integrated animal management.
Our livestock management
Our programmes have reached 1.2 million people. We aim to extend our training and skills to 5 million more by 2030.
Peer Farmer trainers
We're implementing innovative pest and weed control developed in Africa.
Push-pull technology
How our agroecological, climate-postive approach directs our programme decisions.
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