Ivory Coast: Women Agricultural Cooperative Transform Rural Village
In the village of Fapaha in the north of Ivory Coast, women have formed a cooperative to grow vegetables and sell their produce on the market, allowing them to raise…
In Senegal, Mariam Sonko Champions Women’s Rights and Agricultural Sustainability
When Mariam Sonko’s father died when she was a young child, her mother struggled to take care of her and her siblings. As is the case across Senegal and West…
Can African Small Holder Farmers Farm Themselves Out of Poverty?
A great deal of research on agriculture in Africa is organised around the premise that intensification can take smallholder farmers out of poverty. The emphasis in programming often focuses on…