Agriculture

Vivian: A Mother, a Business Owner, and a Community Leader

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May 7, 2020
By Lydia Adomako – Micro-Credit Program Officer We’re celebrating mothers this Mother’s Day, and we wanted to share this s...

Program Officer, Rodolfo, Follows Up With Farmers Who Planted Biofortified Beans

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April 24, 2020
By Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas – Agriculture Program Officer The biofortified bean varieties, INTA-Nutritivo and Rendidor, were ev...

Combating Gender Stereotypes in an Agribusiness Club

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April 15, 2020
By Emmanuel Obiri Laryea – Agriculture & Entrepreneurship Program Officer Gender issues have become a major concern globally, and ...

Eva Learns the Value (and the Challenges) of Raising Chickens

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March 23, 2020
By Ebenezer Osei Jones – Graduate Entrepreneurship Program Manager Poultry, particularly chickens, is commonly kept by 90–95% of the h...

Milagro Discovers Business Benefits in More Than One Self-Help Program

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January 29, 2020
By: Yolanda Fletes Rosales, Women’s Empowerment Program Officer   38-year-old Milagro lives in Quinta Lidia, Nicaragua and is a m...

Bio-fortified Bean Distribution Marks a New Chapter in Self-Help’s Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition

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January 24, 2020
By Jorge Campos Solis, Country Director, Self-Help Nicaragua and Jerry Perkins, member of the board of directors, Self-Help International Th...

Self-Help Nicaragua Distributes Bio-fortified Beans to Expand to a New Crop

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January 24, 2020
By Jerry Perkins, Self-Help International Board Member This post goes with another post by Jorge Campos Solis, Self-Help Nicaragua Country D...

Tijani Increases Yield in Ghana

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January 22, 2020
  TIJANI INCREASED YIELD THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF IMPROVED FARMING TECHNOLOGIES AND AGRONOMIC PRACTICES. By Emmanuel Obiri Laryea –...

The 2019-2020 Cohort of “Agripreneurs” is Off to a Solid Start

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January 6, 2020
By Ebenezer Jones – Graduate Entrepreneurship Program Manager Graduate unemployment has become a major developmental challenge in Ghan...

Community Leaders are the Strongest Agents for Change

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December 20, 2019
This report was written by Latin America Program Specialist, Katie Seifert, following her October 2019 trip to Nicaragua. The Self-Help Inte...

Reflections on lessons learned – stories from SHI Agripreneurs

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October 28, 2019
Entering the World as New Agripreneurs Ghana’s newest agricultural entrepreneurs – “agripreneurs” – were honored at a graduation...

Joe and Esther Legg Make A Difference in Ghana

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October 10, 2019
The Self-Help International community mourns the recent loss of Joe Legg, longtime emeritus member of the Board of Directors. Self-Help is v...
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