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The unequal battle that small farmer Francisca Ramírez is waging against the Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega has become so well-known that people are calling for her security and her rights from the political heart of Europe. Who is she and why did the European Parliament order Nicaragua on Feb. 16 to protect her life [...] The post The Peasant Farmer Who Stood Up to the President of Nicaragua appeared first on iCrowdNewswire.

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The unequal battle that small farmer Francisca Ramírez is waging against the Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega has become so well-known that people are calling for her security and her rights from the political heart of Europe. Who is she and why did the European Parliament order Nicaragua on Feb. 16 to protect her life [...] The post The Peasant Farmer Who Has Stood Up to the President of Nicaragua appeared first on iCrowdNewswire.

Source: http://icrowdnewswire.com/2017/02/24/the-peasant-farmer-who-has-stood-up-to-the-president-of-nicaragua/

Discussions around climate change have largely ignored how men and women are affected by climate change differently, instead choosing to highlight the extreme and unpredictable weather patterns or decreases in agricultural productivity. Women constitute 56 percent of Ugandan farmers and provide more than 70 percent of agricultural production, nutrition and food security at the household [...] The post Farmer Field Schools Help Women Lead on Climate Change appeared first on iCrowdNewswire.

Source: http://icrowdnewswire.com/2017/01/27/farmer-field-schools-help-women-lead-on-climate-change/

ScolahKenyenya, Kenya Agriculture | FarmingScolah is an ever-smiling rural farmer in Kenyenya, Kenya, an area known for producing long-distance runners who have broken major world records. She is blessed with two children, and has been practicing mixed farming for the past ten years. On her farm, she grows maize and keeps a dairy cow and poultry. She sells milk, eggs, and maize. To meet her expenses and provide the best for her family, she often engages in small personal businesses to make extra money. But farming gives her a great sense of satisfaction despite meager earnings. She says, I enjoy it most when I see customers come back for my products because it shows me that I am meeting their needs! Scolah is seeking a new loan to buy another dairy cow and is planning to become a full-fledged dairy farmer. Her future plan is to construct a zero-grazing unit. That way, she can use the grazing field to plant fodder and prepare silage. With this loan, Scolah is going to grow into a very

Source: http://icrowdnewswire.com/2016/03/11/scolah-ever-smiling-rural-farmer-kenyenya-kenya-area-known-producing-long-distance-runners-broken-major-world-records/