The world over people, communities, industries and sectors are looking to social media tools as the basis for communication. As the medium allows the user to freely generate and share content of their making, the social media phenomenon is now &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/social-media-and-agricultural… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

Accessibility &#38; Empowerment What I love about Mary’s story is its perfect illustration of the benefits of urban farming, especially in slums and especially for women in vulnerable positions.

«Je suis né ici, et je suis toujours là&#8221;, explique Joseph Kaguata, un paysan du district de Lari, au Kenya. Selon le Fond international de développement agricole (FIDA), il y a aujourd&#8217;hui environ 500 millions de petites exploitations agricoles dans &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/la-recherche-et-vulgarisation… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />

“I was born here, and I am still here”, says Joseph Kaguata, a rural farmer in the Lari District, Kenya. According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), today there are about 500 million small farms in developing countries &#8230; <a href="http://gcardblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/kenyan-farmer-research-and-ex… reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gcardblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog…; width="1" height="1" />