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2. So far you’ve learnt about... Different types of small scale farming in Africa. How African farmers share their knowledge and skills. Technology Justice – the right of farmers to have the technology they need to lead a life they value without harming others now or in the future. The increasing threats, including land and water grabs, for small scale farmers in Africa.

3. Learning Aims.. In this lesson you’ll find out more about more the changes that are threatening small scale farming in Africa, and what farmers are doing about it. Learning aims:  To learn that small scale farms are under threat from environmental, social and economic change.  To learn about methods farmers are developing to deal with these threats.  To develop a plot for an Africa farming TV series called ‘Shamba Shape Up’.

4. Starter activity: Look carefully at the photos below and think of the most likely issues to be affecting farmers in Africa. Changes for farmers in Africa

5. African farmers are facing many changes… You’ve learnt about land and water access in earlier lessons, where companies and governments are buying land used for generations and introducing large scale industrial farming methods. What other changes did you spot in any of the photos on your sheet?

6. Big issues for farmers… Climate change: Increasing drought, rainfall and temperature change are causing major problems for small scale farmers throughout Africa. Research and investment: Lots of money is being invested in agricultural research for large scale production methods, rather than investment in techniques than benefit small scale farmers. Urban migration: Young people are leaving their family farms to look for work in urban areas.

7. A Kenyan TV production company is working with small scale farmers to spread the word of how farmers are dealing with the challenges they face. Watch the video from the Kenyan TV programme Shamba Shape Up to see how farmers are dealing with a range of challenges on their shambas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qQs92zMDIk&fe ature=relmfu Farmers are working hard to prepare and deal with changes...

8. Develop your own Shamba Shape Up Your teacher will give you a selection of changes that African farmers are dealing with. Your task is to research the ways in which farmers are adapting to change by developing a range of solutions. Then develop a presentation pitch to the Shamba Shape Up TV company with your ideas for the next series. You might want to develop your ideas into a short video clip!

9. Questions to review learning  Give four issues that cause a serious threat to small scale farmers in Africa.  Which of the following do you think is the most serious issue facing small scale farmers in Africa? - Climate change - Land and water access - Lack of investment in small scale farming - Rural to urban migration  Give an example of how African farmers are dealing with the threat of the four issues above.

10. For further information We’d love to see any video clips or scripts you’ve developed for your Shamba Shape-up. We’ll add them to our website. So please email us at schools@practicalaction.org.uk schools@practicalaction.org.uk DCI-NSAED/2010/240-529