By Jimmy Ddungu | project leader
Greetings from CHILD
Great news! We are partnering with a fabulous organization called peak partner to train our 135 women farmers in post-harvest handling - an incredible program that empowers small-holder farmers to harvest and store their grain effectively, protecting them from mold and pests. This simple training and intervention increase yield by 30% enabling families living in poverty to earn an income through selling excess grain and enjoy food security even during difficult times.
we have also encouraged our women farmers to use the best storage methods to avoid post-harvest losses, these include the storage silos and hermetic bags
Our team also sees that gender-based violence is closely linked to agriculture in that female small-holder farmers often do all the work of planting, harvesting, storing, and selling grain. Yet, their husbands control the proceeds and may even become violent if the women challenge this. Therefore, training on addressing gender-based violence will be provided for the CHILD field officers to ensure our work is holistic and truly supports beneficiaries without causing unintentional harm.
we are looking forward to the second season of planting which has already started and this time around we are working with 200 women farmers.
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