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By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, Black gold, Black Gold Movie, Blackgold, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, Ethiopia, fair trade, fairtrade, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, trade justice, tradejustice | This summer has been the Summer of Love – for…
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Lorna Young Foundation Enterprise, Updates | Also tagged Africa, coffee, coffee shops, coffee trade, Duke of Cambridge Islington, ethical trade, Ethiopia, fair trade, Geetie Singh, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, OCC, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, Oromo Coffee Company, trade justice | The LYF Smallholder Support Network (SSN) in Kenya and Ethiopia…
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Ambo, coffee, coffee trade, education, Ethiopia, fair trade, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, NTTI, nyeri, OCFCU, Oromia Coffee Farmer Cooperative, training | It’s a long time coming but Kenyan coffee farmers may…
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Black Gold Foundation, Farmer Extension Programme | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, Black gold, Blackgold, capacity building, coffee, coffee roasting, coffee trade, enterprise, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, nyeri, tradejustice, training | “Indeed, history has shown that there is a close relationship between investment levels in agriculture and food security. Kenya has negated on the Maputo Declaration where African governments committed to dedicate at least 20 per cent of national budgets on agriculture. Good progress had been made in the 1980s and early 1990s in reducing chronic hunger, largely due to increased investment in agriculture following the global food crisis of the early 1970s.
But in the past decade, as official development assistance devoted to agriculture declined substantially, the number of hungry people increased. Globally, FAO says 1.02 billion people are today going hungry, with Kenya having over 10 million such people. This has then been compounded by the government’s inability to prioritize service to support farmers. In Kenya, agricultural extension service to farmers is long ‘dead.’ Save for organisations like AGRA, farmers have been overlooked by donors and policymakers.
Malawi is a case worth emulating. From a net food importer to a net food exporter, Malawi has prioritized agriculture, targeting small scale producers with an elaborate system of input subsidies of at least 30 per cent.”…. etc
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, APPG, coffee, food crisis, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholders, sustainable agriculture | http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/east-african-drought-a-sign-of-things-to-come-20110719-1hmqw.html
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Project News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, east africa drought, Ethiopia, famine, hunger, Kenya, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, mogadishu, refugees, somalia | http://bit.ly/mK0QOv There is finally starting to be a recognition of the…
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Farmer Extension Programme, Latest News | Also tagged Africa, African farmers, agriculture, coffee, coffee trade, commodity markets, Commodity Trade, Ethiopia, food speculation, global food prices, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, smallholder, smallholders, trade justice | June has been a very busy month for LYFs youth…
By Ian Agnew | Posted in Latest News, Not Just Us | Also tagged African farmers, capacity building, fairtrade, Huddersfield, Kenya, kirklees, Leeds, Lorna Young Foundation, LYF, NEET, oxfam, social enterprise, trade justice, wakefield, youth, youth enterprise |