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New Agronomy Course Launch – Regenerative Agriculture Begins with Healthy Soil
Agriculture, Education Rebecca Grabill Agriculture, Education Rebecca Grabill

New Agronomy Course Launch – Regenerative Agriculture Begins with Healthy Soil

Over the past three to four decades, the shift toward conventional agriculture—heavily reliant on synthetic fertilizers—has created a dangerous knowledge gap across Africa. It’s time to rediscover what African farmers once knew: soil is alive, and when we regenerate it, we regenerate livelihoods, ecosystems, and food systems.

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Farming Smarter, Not Harder: Why Africa’s Extension Systems Need a Digital Reset

Farming Smarter, Not Harder: Why Africa’s Extension Systems Need a Digital Reset

Across Sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural extension systems are under strain. In Malawi, one extension officer may serve over 4,000 farmers and agripreneurs—eight times the maximum ratio recommended by the FAO. Most smallholders lack access to timely, relevant, and localized guidance on inputs, incubation, and climate-smart agronomic best practices.

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Digitization and Food Security, Part 1
Business, Agriculture Stephen Grabill Business, Agriculture Stephen Grabill

Digitization and Food Security, Part 1

Digitalization is one of the greatest transformative opportunities of our time. It can redress intergenerational systems of poverty, make incremental and impactful alterations in how humans interact with climate, accelerate human capacity development where it never existed before ... to mention just a few of the immediately perceived benefits of digitalization.

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Moja the Camel versus Moja the Unicorn
Agriculture, Business Stephen Grabill Agriculture, Business Stephen Grabill

Moja the Camel versus Moja the Unicorn

Moja’s pivot to the agriculture sector and direct-to-farmer Climate-Smart Agriculture training through Moja Academy may seem to the casual observer like a sudden and sharp deviation in strategy, but it’s rather the cumulative effect of a long process of trial and error of operating the Moja app in Africa.

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