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Action Africa:

Thriving farms, thriving future

Yara’s commitment to provide food for more than one million people in Southern and Eastern Africa can help avert a food crisis today and help farmers thrive tomorrow.

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Action Africa:

Thriving farms, thriving future

Yara’s commitment to provide food for more than one million people in Southern and Eastern Africa can help avert a food crisis today and help farmers thrive tomorrow.

Learn more

What is Action Africa?

Amid COVID-19, a time of crisis becomes a catalyst for transformation in East Africa. The UN projects 265 million people face severe food insecurity due to COVID-19; no event since World War II’s end has had as profound a global impact. Through Action Africa, 250,000 farmers can now provide food for one million people in East Africa for one year, while millions more are connecting to ongoing advice through Yara’s groundbreaking new digital platform.

Our impact

2000000

Farmers connected to agronomic knowledge

633200

Fertilizer bags delivered in

16

Weeks

Follow the journey!

We follow four farmers in Kenya and Tanzania. Watch their videos below.

Anastancia

She teaches her friends and neighbors in the community so they can all benefit from her farming knowledge and experiences. Meet Action Africa farmer Anastancia Were Kulundu.

Jonathan

He serves his community, is an eternal optimist and has big plans for the future. Meet Action Africa farmer Jonathan Hadson Mjema.

Agnes

Agnes Kemunto Atoko is a mother, daughter, choirmaster, tea picker and an Action Africa farmer.

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Meet the people behind Action Africa

Agnes Kemunto Atoko

Agnes lives in Ramba village with her three daughters, mother, brother and sister-in-law. She is a part of the Action Africa initiative on behalf of her mother, who is too elderly to participate on her own.

Elibariki Benjamin Kimati

Elibariki lives with his wife and their two children in Kiomu, Kahe Ward, Moshi Rural District, Tanzania. It is important for him to increase his earnings to be able to take care of his family.

Anastancia Were Kulundu

Anastancia works a day job as an Administrative Assistant for the Luhya Elders Forum in Kakamega town, Kenya. On the evenings and Saturdays, she works at her farm.

Andrian Kanta

Andrian Kanta is a Software Developer developing a digital solution that ensures the donated fertilizer bags are delivered to the right people in the most practical way.

William Ngeno

William is Yara’s Country Manager at Yara East Africa. Farming is a passion for William, who has his own farm where he grows sugarcane and tea.

Vitalis Wafula

Vitalis grows maize, sugarcane and vegetables on his own farm, plus he works a full-time job as a Senior Commercial Manager for Yara East Africa covering Uganda and Kenya.

Meet all the people behind Action Africa

Where we are

The very idea of getting 40,000 metric tons of fertilizer produced in Norway, shipped with two vessels from Porsgrunn to Mombasa in Kenya and bringing it from Mombasa to Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia and Mozambique was a massive piece of logistic operation. What has been achieved in an extraordinarily short period of time is unique. This could not happen if we didn't have trusted, good quality relationships in the continent.

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Are you a farmer and need additional help?

Get assistance on our support site - Read our frequently asked questions, or directly connect with our support staff by submitting a ticket.

Go to the Action Africa support site

Contact us

Øystein Botillen

Stakeholder Relations and Business Development Manager

Oslo, Norway

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Project Lead

Marisa Soares

Director, Incubation Africa & Asia

Singapore

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Digital Farming Lead

Candice Pretorius

Regional Marketing Manager BU Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

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Lead Yara Africa