Abigael Mchana
Satisfaction with ASHC write-shop in Ghana
The ASHC team held a very successful rice write-shop in partnership with the Agricultural Value Chain Mentorship Project in Bolgatanga, Ghana from 18-21 March 2013. The ASHC led the write-shop to find better ways to package information for smallholder rice farmers. Rice is an important cash crop for farmers in Ghana. However production is not […]
Read MoreASHC & AGRA announce student writing competition
AGRA-sponsored students encouraged to write a blog on their wish for the future of Africa’s soil A travel bursary worth $3,000 is on offer to the student who writes the best blog entry on how Africa’s soils should be improved. The idea for the writing competition was developed by AGRA and ASHC following the interest […]
Read MoreISFM trainer trained in Volta region of Ghana
Africare, a Ghana-based NGO, wanted to build the capacity to disseminating ISFM technology in the Volta regions of Ghana. Africare had participated in an ASHC-led write-shop in mid 2012. So, they asked ASHC to work in partnership with them to develop a 3-day trainer of trainers workshop in February 2013. 20 extension workers from Ghana’s […]
Read MoreNewsletter shares 15 wishes for African soil
To coincide with World Soil Day on 5 December, the Africa Soil Health Consortium has produced a visionary newsletter based on the wishes of 15 people with interesting views on issues relating to soil health. The newsletter is being supported by a press and social media campaign to make people think again about the soil […]
Read MoreCOMPRO II: December 2012 newsletter published
COMPRO II newsletters published –Quality & Yield – Issue 2 – December 2012 – support objective 4 of this project relating to the development and delivery of the communications strategy
Read MoreISFM going to the youth of Kenya…
1 December 2012 As part of the World Soil Day celebrations in Kenya, ASHC is publishing an integrated soil fertility management story in the December issue of Shujaaz. 600,000 comics will be distributed in Kenya showing the benefits of using improved seed, organic matter and fertilizer Shujaaz means hero. On the cover of Shujaaz Chapta […]
Read MoreASHC launches ISFM Handbook
The Africa Soil Health Consortium (ASHC) launched its Level 1 handbook “Africa Soil Health Consortium: Handbook for Integrated Soil Fertility Management” on 23 October, 2012, at the Safari Park Hotel (Jambo Conference Hall), Nairobi, Kenya during the conference entitled “Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Africa: From Microbes to Markets (ISFM Africa).”
Read MoreASHC communications strategy published
ASHC has developed a communications strategy to help guide the project as it moves into its publishing and dissemination phase. The ASHC Communication strategy was developed in-house by the project team, but with considerable input from the technical advisory group in May 2012. Key messages The key messages the ASHC project will communicate are the answers […]
Read MoreASHC clarifies its M&E offer to its partners
The ASHC monitoring and evaluation team has produced a summary document setting out how it wants to support and collaborate with partner organizations. Kelly Stenhoff, of the M&E team within ASHC, said: “The way that ASHC is working is to help organizations to develop new approaches and to improve communications for sharing new ISFM technologies. […]
Read MoreText messages help maize farmers in Western Kenya
An ASHC partner has been getting good results from a text information system for maize farmers in Nyanza and Western provinces, Kenya . In the first five months the agricultural advisory services sent a total of 6,665 messages on maize and soil management to a cumulative total of 2,483 farmers. The service, which is partly […]
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