By Daniel Cohen | Head of Fundraising
Fair Planet Successfully Launches its Life-Changing Programs in Tanzania
Freeing subsistence farmers from the prison of poverty & hunger
Having successfully freed half a million people from poverty in Ethiopia, in November, Fair Planet launched its first training program for small-holder farmers in Tanzania.
In an open day held at our Field Testing station, fifty carefully selected Lead Farmers – both men and women – from five large villages of the Morogoro district enrolled in the program. They did so after seeing for themselves the difference made by growing vegetables fromseeds which have been scientifically tested for local suitability.
“I heard about the work of Fair Planet from my local extension officer,” said Ms. Violeth Adongo, one of the newly enrolled farmers. “How using their method could double the yield of my crops. But I didn’t really believe it was possible until I saw it with my own eyes.”
“We proved, and improved, our unique knowledge-transfer methodology during a decade working in Ethiopia,” said Dr. Alon Haberfeld, CEO of Fair Planet. “Now Tanzania is the first step in our plans to significantly scale up our international operations over the coming years.”
Fair Planet’s Tanzania programs have won the support of the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Sokoine, its premier agricultural university, SUGECO, the university graduates’ cooperative, and commercial enterprises such as Bayer, Enza Zaden and Sakata.
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