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  • Malawian Farmers Say Adapt To Climate Change Or Die

    January 01, 2014 |

    NPR |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Malawi, Chikwawa, Southern Region

    In just the next couple of decades, the World Bank says, farmers across Africa could lose more than half their cropland to drought and heat - the issue is considered so pressing that, a few years ago, Malawi's Department of Meteorological Services added "Climate Change" to its name. A new aid group group now works with farmers in more than 60 villages — with plans to expand — helping them become more resilient to a changing climate.

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  • Rentals That Let You Fly the Coop

    October 26, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Urbanites who want farm fresh eggs may not know what they're getting themselves into with a live chicken purchase—and wind up offloading their animals. A Pennsylvania couple began a sharing company called Rent the Chicken, which provides chickens, a coop, some feed, and coaching for urban farmers.

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  • What a Little Land Can Do

    November 21, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Kolkata, West Bengal

    In many parts of the world, not owning one's own land is more directly correlated to poverty than other factors such as illiteracy, but land reform is controversial, difficult, and expensive. A new program called Landesa is having success in India through a non-confiscatory model that gives families tennis-court size plots.

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  • One Acre Fund: a Nonprofit's Business Approach to Helping Small Farmers

    April 03, 2012 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Bungoma

    International development organization One Acre Fund opts to set up shop in rural locations like Bungoma, Kenya rather than major cities like New York and Nairobi and treat its stakeholders as customers instead of beneficiaries. This non-profit's business-like approach has helped it grow from 5,000 farm families in 2006 to 125,000 in 2012, and around 99 percent of families repay their farm loans. As One Acre Fund farmers sell their excess produce, they can invest in basic necessities like education for their children.

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