Posts by Grow Ahead
Webinar | La Via Campesina (LVC), Campesino a Campesino, and the Latin American Institute of Agroecology (IALA) Guarani
Join us for a webinar with La Via Campesina’s Peter Rosset to talk about the history of the Campesino a Campesino movment, LVC’s IALA program and the manifestation of agroecology.
Read MoreA Farmer-Led Vision for a New Food System in Paraguay
Grow Ahead has launched a campaign to support the development of an agroecology center in Paraguay in partnership with La Via Campesina. We are raising $20,000 to train dozens of farmers, including 37 agroecology university students, and support the establishment of an aquaculture training program and other agroecological activities.
Read MorePromoting Conservation Agriculture Among Rural Farmers in Ghana
The Centre for No-Till Agriculture (CNTA) shares an update on the Grow Ahead project that was crowdfunded earlier this year. Since the project was funded, the CNTA team has begun the one-year hands on training process with 41 farmers.
Read MorePromoting Conservation Agriculture in Ghana
Ghana
$3,025 raised
1,500 farmers
Ended September 1, 2018
Holistic Land Management Training – Chisuma, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
$3,636 raised
150 households
Ended September 1, 2018
Micro-Loans for Beekeeping for Small-Scale Coffee Farmers in Chiapas
Campaign Goal: $10,000
Country: Mexico
Support ten smallholder coffee producers in Chiapas diversify into organic honey by starting their own or growing their beekeeping business in order to help farmers diversify production, improving livelihood and income.
Read MoreUpdate from Agroecology Scholarship Recipient Vasantha Kumari
Vasantha Kumari, from the Amrita Bhoomi agroecology center in south India recently received a scholarship from Grow Ahead for her work on the conservation of local seeds. Here’s the latest update.
Read MoreBe a Part of Grow Ahead—Join Our Board of Directors!
We’re on a mission to support 100,000 small-scale farmers tackle climate change in their communities. Interested? Join us. We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our board of directors.
Read MoreScholarship for Vasantha Kumari
India
$2,500 raised
1 scholarship
Ended July 1, 2018
Diversification Strategies in Smallholder Coffee Systems
Nicaragua $7,000 raised 70 people Ended June 17, 2018
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