Starting with farmers’ experience
Farming activities are shaped by a place, a seasonal calendar, resources and knowledge. Supporting them first requires understanding these realities and recognising the experience of the people who cultivate the land.
Rise for Africa aims to support approaches in which choices grow from expressed needs, observation and dialogue with appropriate specialists. The intention is not to prescribe a uniform solution, but to create conditions for useful reflection.
Connecting practices, resources and organisation
This programme offers a framework for exchanging knowledge about practices, caring for resources and organising activities. Depending on locally defined priorities, initiatives may focus on shared learning, preparing training, connecting stakeholders or structuring a collective project.
Technical decisions should suit their context and draw on appropriate expertise. Water access, soil characteristics, working time and available resources are among the questions to consider before making a commitment.
Making room for women and young people
Participation arrangements should let the people concerned speak, including those whose responsibilities or position make participation harder. Roles and expected benefits should be discussed clearly.
Do you represent a farmers’ group, support organisation or skills network? Let us develop a proposal that connects a specific need, suitable guidance and understandable review stages.
Who is it for?
Farmers, rural groups and agricultural support stakeholders.
Our approach
Bring local knowledge together with suitable expertise while respecting farmers’ choices and constraints.
The objectives guiding our work
- Encourage useful exchanges of knowledge and experience.
- Support collective reflection on resource use.
- Help structure farming initiatives suited to their context.
