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Guides to the decisions that make a harvest — shifting rains, pests, storage, market timing — written for smallholder fields, not commercial estates.

Save Your Own Seed and Build a Community Seed Bank for a Risky Season
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Over 90% of Africa's seed is farmer-saved — do it right

Save your own seed and start a community seed bank so a risky, costly season never leaves you short — which crops breed true, how to dry, store and test seed.

6 min read 30 Sept. 2026 Read
How to Protect Banana and Plantain Plants from Wind, Weevils and Wilt in an El Nino Season
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3 threats flatten bananas in a stormy season — beat every one this week

Protect your banana and plantain plants this El Nino season: prop against wind, trap the banana weevil, and stop B…

6 min read 29 Sept. 2026 Read
Cocoa Climate Resilience in an El Niño Year: Shade, Black Pod and Drying for West Africa
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Black pod can take 80% of your pods. Protect yours this El Niño year.

Protect your cocoa through a variable El Niño year in West Africa: manage shade, stop black pod, and ferment and d…

6 min read 28 Sept. 2026 Read
Cover Crops and Green Manure: Feed Your Soil for Almost Free Between Seasons
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Up to 38 more bags of maize next season — for the price of one cover crop

Cover crops and green manure like mucuna fix free nitrogen, smother weeds and can lift next season's maize — for l…

5 min read 25 Sept. 2026 Read
Beekeeping for Extra Income: How to Start a Hive Alongside Your Crops
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One hive, 20+ kg of honey, and a free crop pollinator

Beekeeping is a low-water side income that pollinates your crops — here's how to choose a hive, site it safely, an…

6 min read 24 Sept. 2026 Read
Growing and Storing Onions for Off-Season Profit: A Smallholder's Guide (El Niño 2026)
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Store your onions 3–5 months and sell when the market runs dry

Grow short-day onions, cure them well, and store bulbs 3–5 months to sell off-season when prices peak — a step-by-…

5 min read 23 Sept. 2026 Read
Growing Irish Potato in a Wet El Nino Year: Beat Late Blight and Store for Profit
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Late blight can wipe 100% of your potato — beat it in a wet El Nino year

Grow Irish potato through a wet El Nino year: use clean certified seed, drain your ridges, beat late blight with t…

6 min read 22 Sept. 2026 Read
Daily Quiz: what farmers learned in the week of 2026-09-14
Daily Quiz farming knowledge community learning

Five days of practical farm questions, shared and discussed

See the week's Daily Quiz farming topics, participation and lessons shared by the Divisi community.

1 min read 21 Sept. 2026 Read
Madagascar El Niño Plan: Rice, Cassava and Prepping for a Dry South and Cyclone Season
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Dry south, cyclone coast: one El Niño plan for your farm

Your Madagascar El Niño plan: drought-tough cassava and sweet potato for the dry south, resilient rice, and an eas…

4 min read 21 Sept. 2026 Read
Fund Your Farm: Village Savings Groups and Smart Input Finance for Smallholders
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Grow Your Savings 30–60% a Year, Then Buy Seed on Time

How village savings groups and smart input finance help smallholder farmers raise capital to buy seed and fertilis…

5 min read 18 Sept. 2026 Read
Soybean farming in a variable El Niño year: a cash legume that builds your soil
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Up to 3 t/ha of cash grain — and free nitrogen for your next maize

Soybean is a cash legume that feeds Africa's poultry industry and fixes nitrogen for your next maize — here's how …

6 min read 17 Sept. 2026 Read
Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR): Grow Trees That Shield Your Crops and Rebuild Your Soil
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Free Trees, +100kg Grain a Hectare — No Seedlings to Buy

Farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) regrows the tree stumps already in your field to add nitrogen, cut heat…

5 min read 16 Sept. 2026 Read
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