Our Work

Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock

FAAFNET's agro-pastoral work helps farming families raise production, add value to what they grow and open new income streams from livestock and fish farming.

Activities

What this programme involves

  • Food crop production
  • Organic market gardening
  • Field-level demonstration trials
  • Agribusiness and agriculture value chains
  • Seed multiplication and plant propagation
  • Mushroom cultivation
  • School gardens — School Garden Based Learning Initiative / Discovery Learning
  • Animal production: pigs, goats, poultry, rabbits, guinea pigs and snails
  • Fish farming and fish pond management
Farmers tending rows of leafy vegetables in a community garden

Our Approach

How FAAFNET works with communities

  • Training of trainers so skills spread through groups and villages
  • Demonstration plots and hands-on field practice
  • Support with processing, packaging and market linkage

Who Benefits

People and groups we work with

  • Local Women Groups
  • Youth Groups
  • Community-Based Organizations
  • Educational Institutions
  • Common Initiative Groups / Cooperative Societies
  • Community Forests
  • Farmers
  • Community Leaders

From the Field

Photographs from this area of work

Farmers preparing a demonstration plot with planting bags
Poultry raised through a FAAFNET agro-pastoral activity
Tarpaulin fish pond used for small-scale aquaculture
Community member building a livestock pen