Good Agricultural Practices

Through the Oromia Dairy Farmers’ Bounty Project, 22-year-old Biruk Tesfaye more than tripled his household’s monthly income in under a year, transforming a modest family farm into a model of climate-smart, technology-driven dairy keeping. His story captures what becomes possible when young rural farmers are given the tools, training and trust to lead.

Alejandra Gurgúa Ruiz is a coffee cooperative leader from Chiapas, Mexico. What began as a return home after her father’s death became a path of technical expertise and community leadership.

Across West Africa, deforestation driven by agricultural expansion is depleting forests, destabilizing water systems and weakening communities’ resilience to climate change. Solidaridad is working with smallholder farmers in Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone to reverse this trend through a range of initiatives.