B2R Farms Trainees from South Sudan Return to Build Demo Plots & Train Their Community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JTTwxeOc-c For four months, B2R Farms’ has hosted four South Sudanese Fellows, teaching them Foundations for Farming methodologies and how to train others in their communities in South Sudan. Today, these Fellows have returned home and already established three demonstration plots in Juba and trained 18 new champion farmers. They hope to reach up to 500 farmers in South Sudan by […]
B2R Farms Hosts 95 Cooperative Members at Land of Goshen
The B2R Farms enjoyed hosting 95 members from four cooperatives in Nyagatare District at B2R Farms’ Land of Goshen, in partnership with the CDAT Project. From splash and infiltration demos to powerful testimonies, they witnessed how conservation agriculture, as developed by Foundations for Farming, is transforming fields and livelihoods. They returned equipped and inspired to implement these practices […]
Farmers Begin Harvesting Bountiful Maize Crop as B2R Farms Team Aims to Scale Adoption Even Further in 2026 through Fellows
B2R Farms is entering a powerful new chapter of national impact. Between 2025 and 2026, land under Foundation for Farming’s conservation agriculture (FFF/CA) grew by 300%—from 2,800 hectares to more than 8,210 hectares—while cooperative participation increased fourfold, expanding from 76 cooperatives to 304, representing nearly 66,000 farmers. At the village level, 195,000 farmers have now been trained, reaching […]
Strengthening M&E through Clinton School of Public Service at University of Arkansas Partnership
We are grateful for our growing partnership with the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas that is strengthening how we measure and understand the impact of B2R Farms across Rwanda. Recently, Dr. Al Bavon, Professor of Public Administration at the Clinton School, traveled to Kigali to work directly with our B2R Farms Fellows, leading practical training […]
B2R Farms Hosts International FFF Summit in Kigali
This year, B2R Farms hosted the annual Foundations for Farming Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, bringing together more than 70 representatives from 21 countries. The event featured inspiring updates from FFF Champions who are achieving remarkable results in their local communities. Nearly half of the affiliates in attendance were young African leaders passionate about advancing the movement. With a scalable model now […]
B2R Farms Partners with SolarSPELL to Reach More Farmers
SolarSPELL (Solar Powered Educational Learning Library), a project of Arizona State University (ASU), creates offline digital libraries that deliver educational resources to communities with little or no internet access. Through our partnership, B2R Farms Fellows are using SolarSPELL to extend the reach of conservation agriculture across Rwanda. ASU’s research shows that conservation agriculture alone boosts maize yields by 47.5% over traditional practices. […]
Conservation Agriculture Tripled this Farmers’ Yields — Here’s How
https://youtu.be/0ELhwEB283k?si=iG9uDDI6mBRUPFI1 After years of poor harvests, Simeon had nearly given up, but after attending B2R Farms’ training on Conservation Agriculture, everything changed. With a single plot, he harvested 600kg from just 1/16th of a hectare—and never looked back. Now, his yields are triple those of neighboring farms, even in seasons with low rainfall, like this […]
From Skeptic to Believer: Champion Farmers Journey Implementing FFF
https://youtu.be/D8LMyPd61Ps?si=IHMx8peDv_Ua22ZE Champion Farmer, Simeon Nshimiyimana, shares his journey from skepticism to success using Foundations for Farming’s conservation agriculture methodologies. After implementing FFF, he saw a dramatic increase in his yields—from just 1.5 sacks of maize using traditional methods to 6 sacks using FFF on the same plot. Today, Simeon has expanded his farm from 1.5 […]