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 […]