Agriculture Guide Program
Climate Education Program
Investing in female farmers across Africa is vital in tackling climate change. Through CAMFED’s Agriculture Guide Program, young women are leading grassroots climate action in their rural communities. Agriculture Guides inspire adoption of innovative and Indigenous climate-smart techniques, encourage sustainable production and help to build thriving enterprises, with projected outcomes of increase in crop yields, improved incomes, better household nutrition, and job creation. The Program is community-driven and gender-equalizing, and supports marginalized female farmers to build resilience and adapt to the extreme effects of climate change.
This is a SGD changemaker program addressing severe women exclusion by empowering them to lead agricultural change towards climate resilience in severe adverse conditions yet at a consistent scale, in leadership by action, provision of education & community growth by innovations.
WINNER STATEMENTCAMFED, the Campaign for Female Education, is thrilled to accept the iF Social Impact Prize on behalf of all the deeply committed girls and young women we serve, their families, and their communities. CAMFED has developed a model that cuts through the complex factors that undermine girls’ education and improves outcomes for millions of girls. This model enables marginalized girls to enroll and thrive in secondary school, then graduate into secure livelihoods - such as agriculture - and positions of leadership. This prize will help us shine a spotlight on the leadership of the young women who serve as Agriculture Guides, leading action to build community climate resilience in their rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, supporting women’s sustainable agribusiness and improving food security.
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