How to grow top quality melons? Senegal's melon story reveals the secrets of success in Africa for producing and then shipping delicious fruits to Europe. French fruit company Soldive has brought great benefits to the local farming community and they share how their lives have improved.

This film was made with support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) through their Food Retail Industry Challenge (FRICH) Fund as part of a project with Waitrose, LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), Green Shoots Productions and suppliers of African fresh produce to Europe - Blue Skies, British and Brazilian, Sunripe and Wealmoor.

http://www.soldive-producteur.com/
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Work-wi....th-us/Funding-opport
http://www.leafuk.org
http://www.green-shoots.org
http://www.blueskies.com
http://www.britishandbrazilian.com
http://www.sunripe.co.ke
http://www.wealmoor.co.uk

Fresh-picked vegetables and fruits last longer if they can be kept cool. African farmers use 'charcoal coolers' to store their crops before packing. Could you make a fridge with pieces of wood, some netting, a length of pipe and some charcoal? Find out who does and how the technology works.
Find out more about farming on the LEAF Virtual Farm Walk website, www.virtualfarmwalk.org

Pumping water to irrigate, or water, crops in fields can be expensive, even when there is a river nearby. In Africa farmers are using the sun to provide the power to deliver just what the plant needs - one drip at a time.

Find out more about farming on the LEAF Virtual Farm Walk website, www.virtualfarmwalk.org

Water is precious. Using water wisely on farm is essential, believes Benson Njoroge from Kenya. In this film he explains how and why managing water wisely matters.
This film, one of eleven, is being used to share good agricultural practice in Africa.
LEAF (http://www.leafuk.org), Waitrose, African fresh produce exporters and Green Shoots Productions (http://www.green-shoots.org) have been working with support of the UK Department for International Development's Food Retail Industry Challenge (FRICH) fund to share good agricultural practice between African farmers.

Management tool, checklist, reminder: audits - whether internal or external - work well for Anne Wangechi and her team. From a farm on the northern slopes of Mount Kenya she shows how.
This film, one of eleven, is being used to share good agricultural practice in Africa.
LEAF (http://www.leafuk.org), Waitrose, African fresh produce exporters and Green Shoots Productions (http://www.green-shoots.org) have been working with support of the UK Department for International Development's Food Retail Industry Challenge (FRICH) fund to share good agricultural practice between African farmers.

The close working relationship between agronomists and farmers is key to the success of the network of Ghana's growers of export crops, such as pineapple and mango. Ernest Abloh, production manager with Blue Skies Ghana, explains how they build and maintain this teamwork.
This film, one of eleven, is being used to share good agricultural practice in Africa.
LEAF (http://www.leafuk.org), Waitrose, African fresh produce exporters and Green Shoots Productions (http://www.green-shoots.org) have been working with support of the UK Department for International Development's Food Retail Industry Challenge (FRICH) fund to share good agricultural practice between African farmers.

Emmanuel Graham makes maps for the LEAF Marque farmers he works with in Ghana. Whether made with a GPS device or pen and paper, the maps make a positive difference to farm management.
This film, one of eleven, is being used to share good agricultural practice in Africa.
LEAF (http://www.leafuk.org), Waitrose, African fresh produce exporters and Green Shoots Productions (http://www.green-shoots.org) have been working with support of the UK Department for International Development's Food Retail Industry Challenge (FRICH) fund to share good agricultural practice between African farmers.

Can you understand the language of soil? Apollo Owuor, production manager for Kenya Horticultural Exporters (KHE) and a network of farms across central Kenya, describes how soil talks to him. He wants other farmers to listen carefully too.
This film, one of eleven, is being used to share good agricultural practice in Africa.
LEAF (http://www.leafuk.org), Waitrose, African fresh produce exporters and Green Shoots Productions (http://www.green-shoots.org) have been working with support of the UK Department for International Development's Food Retail Industry Challenge (FRICH) fund to share good agricultural practice between African farmers.

You'd find it hard to meet a greater enthusiast for farm biodiversity than farm manager Phineas Kibaka. In a tour around a farm in central Kenya he explains how he farms with wildlife following the Integrated Farm Management principles of LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming).
This film, one of eleven, is being used to share good agricultural practice in Africa.
LEAF (http://www.leafuk.org), Waitrose, African fresh produce exporters and Green Shoots Productions (http://www.green-shoots.org) have been working with support of the UK Department for International Development's Food Retail Industry Challenge (FRICH) fund to share good agricultural practice between African farmers.

Knowing 'who eats who' has become a priority and a pleasure for Phineas Kibaka in Kenya. Growing ten crops at a time, his approach to crop protection is informed, gentle and successful.
This film, one of eleven, is being used to share good agricultural practice in Africa.
LEAF (http://www.leafuk.org), Waitrose, African fresh produce exporters and Green Shoots Productions (http://www.green-shoots.org) have been working with support of the UK Department for International Development's Food Retail Industry Challenge (FRICH) fund to share good agricultural practice between African farmers.