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Quality seed can make or break harvests in rural Africa. Self Help Africa provides farmers with the skills to produce their own seed. Quality seed production will provide food and an income for seed growers, increased harvests for farmers sowing the seed and reduce poverty and hunger for many.
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Situation
Up to 70% of people in sub-Saharan Africa rely on small-scale farming for their survival. Up to 1 in 3 of them are hungry. Why? Food production is held back by inefficient farming practices and lack of access to the right materials, especially good quality seed. Changing weather patterns and increased periods of drought in parts of Africa such as Ethiopia are having a devastating impact of farmers’ harvests, worsening an already challenging situation.
Solution
Self Help Africa helps farmers get good quality seed. Better seed results in bigger harvests which mean fewer people facing hunger. In Ethiopia, we are working to support farmers to produce drought-tolerant seed varieties, enabling farmers to mitigate the worst effects of a changing climate. Together we reduce hunger, improve nutrition, increase incomes and enable African farmers to provide affordable, quality seed to other farmers, changing the lives of African people forever.