Seeds Bring New Life during the Ebola Crisis
The Ebola virus destroyed more than human lives when it emerged in Guinea a few years ago—it also ...
Togo : Parboiling Kit Made the Difference for Single Mom
With a broad smile and renewed pride, Mrs. Kadokali Ebiro shows us her piggery while telling the sto...
Gambia : A Female Farmer Feeding her Village
The village of Boiram is now a model for most communities producing rice in The Gambia primarily bec...
Senegal : A Standout Female Seed Producer
« I chose to be a seed producer rather than going to the city to join the growing lines of the unem...
Senegal : Processing Saved Disabled Aissatou Diallo
Aïssatou Diallo is a disabled person. She has about 30 years of experience in fruit processing. She...
Senegal : Improved Varieties Building Resilience
Mamadou Faye is a small-scale farmer in Pointe-Sarene, about 100 kilometers south of Dakar, Senegal....
Nigeria : 5.2 Million Fingerlings & Counting
When I was growing up in rural Nigeria in the ‘80s and ‘90s, agriculture was already a central p...
Niger : Maradi Opens New Opportunities
In West Africa, the red goat of Maradi is improving the lives of family farmers, stimulating local e...
Mali : Rainy Season Tomatoes now Possible
Ba Issa Traore is a market gardener in San, a city located about 437 km northwest of Mali’s capita...
Mali : SRI increasing Incomes
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is helping bring rural farmers closer to food self-sufficie...