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Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
21 Views · 5 years ago

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.

Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
44 Views · 5 years ago

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.

Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
21 Views · 5 years ago

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.

Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
7 Views · 5 years ago

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.

Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
18 Views · 5 years ago

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.

Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
27 Views · 5 years ago

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.

Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
38 Views · 5 years ago

LEAF's Integrated Farm Management (IFM) makes sense of complex farm decision-making. This film outlines the key elements of IFM by showing what they are and how they interconnect on the farm.
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.

Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
19 Views · 5 years ago

This documentary presents us with opulent images of fabulous landscapes and fascinating people that make a living in the Nile valley, between optimism and tradition, with fantasy and creativity.

No other river is as cloaked in mystery as the Nile and no other river rules the surrounding countryside through which it flows quite as much as the Nile.

We experience the dawn of a great civilisation, whose buildings still cause us to stare in sheer astonishment to this very day.

Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
22 Views · 5 years ago

In this episode, plant experts Ras Iles, Dr Anthony Richards and Ireka Jelani share collective knowledge about the multiple uses of local botanicals.



Bush Tea, Herbs, Plants and Botanical Stories is a five-part video series taking viewers on a journey of discovery into the benefits, traditional uses and even folklore of local herbs, plants and grasses.




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