The Last Hunger Season : A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change (Paperback)

from breic

This is a great story following four Kenyan farmers who participated in the One Acre Fund's education and loan program to dramatically increase their maize yields. Over the course of year, you get a good sense of their lives-of course, it is mostly mundane details, but so different from my own li...

from tjsjohanna

The message of this book - that hunger can be overcome, that the will is there to prosper and thrive - that is the amazing thing about this year in the lives of four different Kenyan farmer families. The work of One Acre is truly inspiring and the hardships that these families have lived through ...

from vintagebeckie

In America, not having any food in the house often means that there is plenty to eat, just not what you are hungry for. But in Kenya, where one is often named for the season of year in which one was born, there are too many children named Wanjala - the hunger season. Even among farmers, hunger an...

from jmoncton

In Kenya, the hunger season is defined as the time between when supplies from last year's harvest run out and the next year's crops are ready to be harvested. Just by its definition, you would think this would be a rare occurrence - maybe something that happens during a disaster. But for many sma...

from jmoncton

In Kenya, the hunger season is defined as the time between when supplies from last year's harvest run out and the next year's crops are ready to be harvested. Just by its definition, you would think this would be a rare occurrence - maybe something that happens during a disaster. But for many sma...