Along the Kenya-Tanzania border, in the heart of Isibania, Kenya, Tisinya Farmers’ Cooperative and its local business, the Tisinya Cooperative Milk Bar, are making a big impact on both farmer members and the community. The Tisinya Cooperative Milk Bar–a local establishment for purchasing fresh milk–is a symbol of unity, resilience, and hope for local farmers. …
Nuru Nigeria, as part of its community climate resilience strategy and in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is providing northeast Nigerian farmers with seeds through their farmer cooperatives. These medium-maturing, drought-resistant, pest and disease-resistant high-yielding groundnut and soybean seeds have been distributed to over 4,000 farmers. In the face of climate change …
Local leaders are vital to successful interventions in rural communities, as they can implement programming that is responsive to the local needs of farmers. Nuru Ethiopia introduced mung bean to its smallholder farmers living in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia in 2018-2019. The intention was to diversify crop production, increase …
In the vulnerable, marginalized communities where Nuru works, shocks are abundant and variable, from climate-related weather events and pests to conflict and political unrest. Nuru farmers are faced with the challenge of sustainably growing enough produce to support both their household nutrition and their livelihood. They need quality harvests to put food on the table …
Local partnerships that support locally-led solutions are a vital part of Nuru’s community climate resilience strategy. These partnerships support agribusiness professionalism among farmer organizations, as well as community-based dialogues that help communities adapt to an unstable world. AMEA Ethiopia Local Network Nuru Ethiopia is an active member of the Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA), a …
In this second post in our three-part series on Nuru’s approach to climate change adaptation, we invite you to get to know Nuru International Impact and Learning Director Casey Harrison. In this interview, he shares more about his professional background and unpacks Nuru’s Community Climate Resilience Strategy–a vital aspect of the Nuru model in the face …
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all. – Ban Ki-Moon Earth Day serves as a reminder …
In this final blog post for our Women’s Month series, we look at the way one woman farmer’s life has been positively impacted through Nuru’s gender-transformative approach that creates opportunities for women to share in household, community, and organizational decision-making. Nuru Kenya Launches Dairy Program In an effort to provide rural farmers with the opportunity …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2021 Contact: Kellyn Lovell | info@nuruinternational.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – After many months of co-creation and adaptive learning, Nuru Nigeria was awarded $2 million in funding through USAID’s Office of Local Sustainability in support of its Building Sustainable Livelihoods (BSL) program. Notably, the award is both the largest in organizational history …
Mothers around the world are busy, and the Nuru Nigeria Women’s Farmer Association members are no different. They invested in two days of permaculture training to learn how to produce more food at home using a minimal amount of money and time. Permagardens use permaculture and bio-intensive agriculture principles to create a productive kitchen garden …
With the launch of Nuru Nigeria, we are taking ambitious steps to eradicate extreme poverty in fragile rural areas and build communities resilient to violent extremism. By 2030, about 80 percent of the world’s extreme poor will live in fragile states unable to mitigate economic and security shocks. Nuru International has always believed that strengthening …