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practicalaction.org/europafrica
DCI-NSAED/2010/240-529
In the past few lessons you’ve
looked at…
• Foods that are grown in Africa and imported to
Europe.
• Stories of small family farming systems in Africa.
• How small scale farming is a sustainable method of
growing food.
• Small scale farming faces threats.
• Farmers join organisations and unions who represent
their concerns at regional and national level.
Learning aims
In this lesson you will be learning about groups of farmers
and organisations who support and represent small scale
farmers in Africa.
Learning aims
 To learn that small scale African farmers are skilled.
 To learn how African farmers share skills, knowledge
and technologies that helps sustain their farming systems.
 To understand the term ‘Technology Justice’.
Farmers have many skills..
Farmers have many skills and like all of us they need to
learn new things to help to adapt to changing times.
Activity:
Look at the images and think what skills, knowledge
and technologies are being shared.
Technology Justice
The development agency Practical Action is an example of an
organisation working with small scale farmers in Africa. They
work with farmers to achieve Technology Justice…
‘the right of farmers to access the skills and technology they
need to lead the life they value without harming others now
or in the future.’
How might access to skills and technologies improve the lives
of family farmers?
Access to knowledge and technology
Practical Action works with farmers in Kenya to support the
organisation of annual seed fairs in the Tharaka district.
Here farmers get the chance to share their skills and
knowledge as well as display a range of seeds from crops and
farming technologies that promote seed security and crop
diversity for the future.
A Farmers’ Fair
 In small groups you will be tasked with researching about a
group or organisation who share their skills and knowledge
with other farmers.
 They include:
- Animal health care groups
- Agriculture research organisations
 Each group will be given a case study and links to internet
sites to help you prepare some key facts and information for
a poster to share at a Farmer’s fair during the following
lesson.
At the Farmers’ Fair..
You will have the chance to:
 Display your poster at the fair for the other groups to
learn more about your organisation.
 Visit other stallholders to learn about their
organisations.
 Complete the activity sheet Farmers’ Fair:
Livelihood improvement.
Plenary
From your learning today…
 What skills, knowledge and technologies are African
farmers sharing?
 How does belonging to a farmers group benefit
small scale farmers?
 How does skill and knowledge sharing help farmers
to achieve technology justice?
Further information
There are many groups of small scale
farmers and food producers in Europe who
share skills and knowledge to improve their
farming.
Find out more about these groups and how
they work.
DCI-NSAED/2010/240-529