From learning a skill to building a business, 103 women in Bauchi North are gaining the practical training, business knowledge and start-up tools they need to create new income opportunities for themselves and their families.
Category: FSSS Impact
Changing Behaviours, Restoring Land: How ESTRRA Is Taking Climate-Smart Farming Messages to Bauchi North
What if restoring Bauchi North’s land starts with changing everyday farming behaviours? Across seven LGAs, FSSS is taking climate-smart messages from farms to radio stations and schools, encouraging farmers and the next generation to protect trees, restore soils, conserve water and build more resilient livelihoods through the ESTRRA Project.
Cultivating the Seeds of Environmental Stewardship in Bauchi North’s Schools
From classroom lessons to hands-on tree planting, FSSS is helping students across Bauchi North become young environmental champions and stewards of a greener future.
As the Climate Changes, Farmers in Bauchi North Are Planting for Resilience
For farmers in Bauchi North, planting a tree is more than restoring the land. It is an investment in food, income and resilience for their families and future generations.
How ESTRRA Project Is Helping Northern Bauchi Families Grow Healthier
A baseline study revealed why so many families in Northern Bauchi struggle with food insecurity. This article shows how the ESTRRA Project is turned that research into action by empowering over 500 households with nutrient-dense, climate-smart crops that promise healthier harvests and brighter futures.
The Mill That Brought Opportunity Home to Kurba
Aminu Ya’u transformed rice processing in Kurba, Bauchi State, after FSSS supported his milling enterprise with modern equipment, increasing capacity and creating new opportunities for farmers and youth.
Growing Hope from the Ground Up: A Greenhouse Offers New Possibilities for Vegetable Farmers in Chibiyayi
In Chibiyayi, a quiet but vibrant farming community in Bauchi State, a new greenhouse is opening fresh possibilities for vegetable farmers. Through the ESTRRA Project, Abdullahi Ya’u Chibiyayi and his community are witnessing a shift from traditional seedling practices to a more resilient, climate-smart approach to agriculture. The Farmers’ Hub, complete with a greenhouse, is not only improving access to quality seedlings but also strengthening local farming systems and renewing hope for better harvests and stronger livelihoods.
From Pharmacology Graduate to Community Agripreneur: How Mohammed Dahiru Auwal is Building a Future Through a Farmers’ Hub
Meet Mohammed Dahiru Auwal, a young pharmacology graduate and agrochemical dealer from Bulkachuwa, Katagum LGA, whose dream of expanding his family’s agro-input business is becoming a reality through the ESTRRA Project. With support from FSSS and the HEINEKEN Africa Foundation, a rehabilitated agro-store and newly established Farmers’ Hub are helping him serve farmers better while creating new opportunities for his community.
From Long Trips for Inputs to a Hub at Home: A New Chapter for Sabiu Adamu and Farmers in Kurba
Meet Sabiu Adamu, an agro-input dealer from Kurba, Giade LGA, whose business and community are being transformed through the ESTRRA Project’s Farmers’ Hub model. With support from the Foundation for Sustainable Smallholder Solutions (FSSS) and the HEINEKEN Africa Foundation, Sabiu now has access to quality suppliers, stronger market connections, and a community hub that is bringing essential agricultural services closer to farmers.
From a Mud Shack to a Brick Lifeline: A Story About Building Resilience in Diga
In rural Bauchi, long journeys for farm inputs once limited productivity and livelihoods. Auwalu Umar changed that by bringing agrochemicals closer to his community. With support from FSSS, his small shop has evolved into a trusted hub, improving access, restoring confidence in input quality, and opening new opportunities for farmers and his own family.