What the women concerned have to say.

Market gardeners, beekeepers, processors, cooperative presidents: they describe what has changed for them. Collected during project monitoring and published with their consent.

« Before, we struggled to grow anything in the dry season. Thanks to the project we have a reliable irrigation system that lets us produce all year round. »

Fatou Sambomarket gardener in Nikki — Sustainable Gardening project, 2024
Project : Sustainable Gardening →

« We are now organised in a stronger cooperative, which gives us more weight to negotiate better prices for our vegetables. »

Salimatou Gouracooperative president, Gogounou
Project : Sustainable Gardening →

« Thanks to this project I learned to produce quality honey, and I can now provide for my family. »

Samoussiatou Orou Massobeekeeper, Gogounou
Project : PA2FV →

« I had never had a paid activity. Today my small business and my cooperative allow me to send my children to school. »

Mariam Gadoshea processor, Malanville
Project : PA2FV →

Further testimonials, notably from PCGeDEF village committees and young people trained by VALOCOF, will be added after monitoring visits.

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