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• Overview
• Ethiopia
  • Clean Water
  • Food Security and Nutrition
  • Primary Health Care
  • Environment
  • Livelihoods
  • PeaceBuilding
• Tanzania
  • Clean Water
  • Food Security and Nutrition
  • Primary Health Care
  • Environment
  • Livelihoods
• Uganda
  • Food Security and Nutrition
  • Primary Health Care
  • Environment
  • Livelihoods
• Malawi
  • Clean Water
  • Food Security and Nutrition
  • Primary Health Care
  • Environment
  • Livelihoods
• Real Stories
  • Ethiopia
    • Agricultural Technology Improves The Lives of Vulnerable Farmers in Ethiopia
    • Clean and Safe Water Changing Lives in Ethiopia
    • Hope For The Future
    • Potatoes for Food and Income
    • Green Pepper Production
    • Sheep Micro Loans in Ethiopia
    • Bamboo Creates Opportunities
  • Tanzania
    • Rebeca Selemani
    • Creating Change In Tanzania
    • Dairy Goats Bring a Brighter Future
    • Fruit Trees for a Secure Future
    • Upendo Farmer Field School
    • Cassava Boosts Food Security
  • Uganda
    • Creating Change In Uganda
    • Backyard Gardening
    • Farmer Field Schools Building Self Esteem
    • Rice Production
  • Malawi
    • Strengthening Livelihoods
    • Creating Change In Malawi
    • Malawian Farmers Diversify Income
    • Small Animals-Big Profits
    • Vegetable Production Improving Livelihoods
    • Farmer Field Schools in Malawi
    • Winter Cropping in Malawi
    • Rabbit Rearing and Living with HIV
  • Samson Chitsokwe
  • Likei Belay
  • Mrs. Joyce Otiti
  • Katarina Mikaeli

• Ethiopia
  • Agricultural Technology Improves The Lives of Vulnerable Farmers in Ethiopia
  • Clean and Safe Water Changing Lives in Ethiopia
  • Hope For The Future
  • Potatoes for Food and Income
  • Green Pepper Production
  • Sheep Micro Loans in Ethiopia
  • Bamboo Creates Opportunities
• Tanzania
  • Rebeca Selemani
  • Creating Change In Tanzania
  • Dairy Goats Bring a Brighter Future
  • Fruit Trees for a Secure Future
  • Upendo Farmer Field School
  • Cassava Boosts Food Security
• Uganda
  • Creating Change In Uganda
  • Backyard Gardening
  • Farmer Field Schools Building Self Esteem
  • Rice Production
• Malawi
  • Strengthening Livelihoods
  • Creating Change In Malawi
  • Malawian Farmers Diversify Income
  • Small Animals-Big Profits
  • Vegetable Production Improving Livelihoods
  • Farmer Field Schools in Malawi
  • Winter Cropping in Malawi
  • Rabbit Rearing and Living with HIV
• Samson Chitsokwe
• Likei Belay
• Mrs. Joyce Otiti
• Katarina Mikaeli

 

Creating Change In Tanzania

Regina Aloyce... How Farmer Field Schools Changed Her Life
When Regina Aloyce first joined the Jikomboe Farmer Field School her crop production was very low. Regina was averaging six bags of maize per acre and two bags of pigeon peas per acre – and she was struggling to come up with the necessary funds to buy school uniforms and exercise books for her four primary school aged children.

 After learning improved farming methods in her FFS group – proper spacing of crops, use of cover crops to maintain moisture in the soil, access to improved seeds and proper timing of planting – Regina managed to triple her maize production and double her pigeon pea production.

She planted papaya trees and started a vegetable garden.  With income-generation support, Regina started chicken, goat and pig husbandry.  Farming training, household budgeting and improved storage facilities further improved her ability to achieve year round food security.
“Now we have enough nutritious food to eat and can meet our other household requirements like buying school supplies for our three children in primary school and supporting our two oldest children in secondary school. My husband and I also plan to build a modern house.”

“Now we have enough nutritious food to eat and can meet our other household requirements like buying school supplies for our three children in primary school and supporting our two oldest children in secondary school. My husband and I also plan to build a modern house.”