We are presently conducting a mid-term monitoring exercise of our Food Security Program. Focus group discussions held with women and men of Maghesho reveal that the period of the "lean season", i.e. months spent searching for food, has disappeared completely. Farmers have increased their food production and diversified their income-generating activities through our training and support for the practice of Conservation Agriculture, chicken rearing, dairy goat husbandry and vegetable gardening. Working together in groups -- farmer field schools -- has led to interesting changes in individuals' lives. Women in particular talked about their increased confidence in speaking out both at home and at community meetings.
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