Committing to Conservation

A model plant nursery in Burkina Faso

July 2007

Konfe Idrissa shows off his saplings

In his home village of Pobé-Mengao in Burkina Faso, Konfe Idrissa runs a nursery, producing saplings of local tree species, and legumes like eggplant and …

Steering their own Course

Farmer Groups in Indonesia

July 2007

Mugo Langgeng (ML) is a farmer self-help group in the village of Kisik, not far from the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Kisik is small, made up of only about 135 houses set in an …

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