Category Archives: Farmer Extension Programme

The future of African agriculture: Can smallholders be the answer?

24/04/2011 – 10:03 pm

This is an insightful and challenging article from a policy…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Latest News | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, APPG, coffee, Ethiopia, FAO, poverty, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid, tradejustice | Comments (0)

Coffee Farmers High Coffee Prices but Poor Harvests

31/03/2011 – 11:13 pm

This interesting article from Uganda contrasts the record high coffee…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Black Gold Foundation | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, APPG, Black gold, Blackgold, capacity building, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, tradejustice, uganda | Comments (0)

Gates Foundation work on Women smallholders features the LYF

27/03/2011 – 5:30 pm

The Gates Foundation has been leading best-practice research on how…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Project News | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, capacity building, coffee trade, ethical trade, Gates Foundation, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade | Comments (0)

Cristina Talens – March Progress on the Smallholder support Programme

23/03/2011 – 11:01 pm

March 2011 – Cristina Talens provides an update on our…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Latest News, Project News | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Ambo, capacity building, coffee, coffee trade, education, enterprise, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, Trade not Aid | Comments (0)

Talking to Africa Gateway about how we can roll out our smallholder training to address climate change

23/03/2011 – 10:54 pm

Dr Rosalind Cornforth from Reading University is a Research Fellow…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Project News | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, climate change, coffee, coffee trade, enterprise, ethical trade, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Reading University, Rockefeller Foundation, Smallholder support network, trade justice, tradejustice, training | Comments (0)

Fairtrade the Solution for Cocoa-Growing Nations?

21/02/2011 – 11:16 pm

Another thought-provoking article about fair trade; this time with cocoa…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Latest News | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, capacity building, cocoa, consumerism, divine, enterprise, ethical consumer, ethical consumerism, fair trade, fairtrade, ghana, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)

Kenyan Perspective on Rising Coffee Prices

21/02/2011 – 7:54 pm

An interesting news piece which gives a fresh angle on…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Latest News, Updates | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, consumerism, ethical consumerism, fairtrade, Kenya, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, tradejustice | Comments (0)

LYF’s Africa Smallholder Support Network in the Press

16/02/2011 – 3:18 pm

Our Africa Smallholder Support Network featured in a UK online…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Latest News | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Ambo, capacity building, coffee, enterprise, ethical consumerism, ethical trade, Ethiopia, fairtrade, farmers, Kenya, smallholder, smallholders, trade, trade justice, training | Comments (0)

LYF empowering Ethiopian Coffee Co-op with better communication

16/02/2011 – 10:38 am

Our Programme Manager Cristina Talens is working with the Oromia…

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Black Gold Foundation, Latest News | Tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, capacity building, coffee trade, ethical trade, Ethiopia, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, trade, trade justice, training | Comments (0)

20/01/2011 – 10:34 pm

Article about the entrepreneurial efforts of Palestinian olive farmers. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2011/tc20110120_824666.htm

By Ian Agnew | Also posted in Updates | Tagged agriculture, entrepreneur, ethical consumer, ethical trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, olive farmers, Palestine, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice, tradejustice, West Bank | Comments (0)