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New ways to solve old problems

Posted by Oliver Wakelin | in Concern Blog | 9 January 2012 | 0 comments
Mikina, a farmer from Senaga dictrict in Zambia

Concern Worldwide is training farmers in Zambia to use conservation agriculture. To do this, we faced a familiar problem: how to deliver supplies to difficult-to-reach areas? Answer: by using mobile phones. 

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Photos: helping farmers in Cambodia

Posted by Bernadette Murphy | in Concern Blog | 6 September 2011 | 0 comments
Photos: helping farmers in Cambodia

Concern Worldwide has been training small-scale farmers in Cambodia to help increase their rice yields. 

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Drought crisis and Unheard Voices

Posted by Alan O'Reilly | in Unheard Voices Blog | 9 August 2011 | 0 comments
A family in a camp for displaced people in Somalia

The Unheard Voices campaign is about ensuring poor farmers are able to grow enough food to feed their families. The devastating drought that has struck east Africa is a testament to how important this goal is. 

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Why support poor farmers?

Posted by Bernadette Murphy | in Unheard Voices Blog | 8 August 2011 | 0 comments
Photo: Grace Manjata, outside her home with her plough, Kaeya village, Zambia.

Poor farmers represent around half the world’s 925 million malnourished people. Unheard Voices is about making sure that these farmers get the support they need.

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Cultivating crops in Tanzania

Posted by Isla Gilmore | in Concern Blog | 21 February 2011 | 3 comments
Sunflower farmers in Tanzania: Saidi, Hazina, and Leonia. Photo: Concern.

Concern Worldwide is helping farmers in west Tanzania to greatly improve the profit from their harvests. The extra cash has enabled more children in the area to receive an education.

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Helping farmers in Tanzania

Posted by Isla Gilmore | in Concern Blog | 16 February 2011 | 0 comments
Bakari in his farm with curious children, many of whom are his grandchildren, Ja

I recently met Bakari Barosha, a 70-year-old farmer in the Kasulu District, West Tanzania. Bakari’s life was changed when he joined the farmer field school set up by one of Concern’s partner organisations.

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Combatting drought in Malawi

Posted by Regina de Búrca | in Concern Blog | 14 February 2011 | 0 comments
Kachigamba, a member of Concern's irrigation group in Chitukula, Malawi. Photo:

Concern Worldwide’s irrigation scheme in Chitukula, Malawi is helping farmers combat drought and provide for their families.

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The importance of crop production

Posted by Naoise Kavanagh | in Concern Blog | 15 October 2010 | 0 comments
Heidi Alexander MP recently travelled to Kenya

Heidi Alexander MP recently travelled to Kenya to see firsthand the problems there. This is her account of the experience.

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Farming initiative starts

Posted by Paul Wagstaff | in Concern Blog | 27 August 2010 | 3 comments
Concern's conservation farming programme is now beginning in Malawi and Zambia.

Our conservation farming programme is now beginning in Malawi and Zambia.

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