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    HortiNigeria Newsletter- Vol 001
    (2022)
    HortiNigeria recently completed its inception phase, marking a significant step in its mission to transform Nigeria’s horticulture sector. Over the past eight months, the program has achieved several milestones aimed at boosting productivity and income through eco-efficient production practices and promoting climate-smart actions and innovative technologies among entrepreneurial farmers, particularly women and youth. Key accomplishments include registering over 8,000 farmers, training more than 7,000 farmers in Kaduna and Kano states, establishing 20 institutional partnerships, identifying 20 innovative technologies for piloting in Ogun and Oyo states, and brokering five business-to-business linkages to enhance market accessibility. Additionally, HortiNigeria has engaged in various activities to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through networking, build agri-business clusters, and foster public and private sector dialogue to resuscitate policy platforms. The program’s success underscores the importance of collaboration and networking in achieving sustainable agricultural development and economic growth.
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    HortiNigeria Newsletter- Vol 002
    (2022)
    In August, HortiNigeria hosted a youth challenge in celebration of International Youth Day, aimed at increasing awareness of the HortiNigeria program and promoting climate-smart agricultural inputs among young entrepreneurs. Participants shared videos of their farm fields on social media, highlighting innovative technologies they employ. Six winners received climate-smart agricultural inputs valued at over $1,015, provided by HortiNigeria and Solokad Multiventures Ltd. The CEO of Solokad Multiventures emphasized the transformative potential of youth in Nigeria’s agriculture sector. Winners received various tools, including transplanters, nursery trays, and motorized sprayers. One winner, Opeyemi Ajibola, shared how the challenge boosted his confidence and increased his visibility within the farming community. This initiative is part of HortiNigeria’s broader efforts to build partnerships, improve market systems, and embrace a food systems approach to agriculture. Other key activities highlighted include building partnerships to bridge demand and supply gaps, organizing a Vegetable Sourcing Mission to facilitate B2B linkages, and conducting a Climate Smart Action awareness campaign.
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    Quarterly Newsletter/ vol.1 December 2021
    (2021) IFDC
    The Transfer Efficient Agricultural Technologies through Market Systems (TEAMS) produced MURIMI, a quarterly newsletter funded by the Swedish Embassy. TEAMS is the continuation of the Food Security through Climate Adaptation and Resilience (FAR-Mozambique) program, now implemented by a consortium of four organizations: International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP), United Purpose, and Associação Kwaedza Simukai Manica (AKSM). The two-year TEAMS program, running from January 2021 to December 2022, operates through a lean management structure, focusing on Scaling Improved Smallholder Productivity, Scaling Agro-Dealer Networks, and Scaling Proven Technologies. The program employs an inclusive markets approach to enhance smallholder linkages with markets and improve farm productivity. Adapted to climate risks and COVID-19, TEAMS integrates Information and Communications Technologies for Agriculture (ICT4Ag). The MURIMI newsletter showcases the program's progress, highlighting success stories of farmers like Paulo Jossias, a vegetable seedling producer and agro-dealer Augusto Nhama, whose lives have improved significantly through the program. The newsletter also emphasizes adopting climate-smart agriculture and irrigation technologies, transforming the lives of smallholder farmers and promoting food security in Mozambique.
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    Quarterly Newsletter/ vol.2 June 2022
    (2022) IFDC
    The MURIMI quarterly newsletter showcases the progress and impact of the Transfer Efficient Agricultural Technologies through Market Systems (TEAMS) program, funded by the Swedish Embassy. TEAMS is a continuation of the Food Security through Climate Adaptation and Resilience (FAR-Mozambique) project and is implemented by a consortium of four organizations in partnership with the Mozambican government. The program, from January 2021 to December 2022, focuses on three results areas: Scaling Improved Smallholder Productivity, Scaling Agro-Dealer Networks, and Scaling Proven Technologies. TEAMS employs an inclusive markets approach to enhance smallholder linkages with input and output markets, improve farm productivity, and increase access to income and nutritious foods. The newsletter features inspiring stories of beneficiaries, including Ana Maposa, a rice farmer whose life changed through climate-smart agriculture practices introduced by the program. It also highlights the successful reintegration of ex-combatants, like Fernando Mapinde, into agricultural activities. The TEAMS program empowers women farmers through savings groups, facilitating access to inputs and boosting agricultural productivity. The newsletter exemplifies the program's efforts to address climate change, enhance food security, and uplift rural communities in Sofala and Manica provinces.