Training farmers in agroecology

Dear difteurs,

Farmers' training involves, in particular, peer-to-peer exchanges of practice. Thanks to your difts, an exchange and experience-sharing visit was organized between the NGO ORGIIS Ghana and our local partners in Burkina Faso in September 2024.

During this mission, facilitated by Terre & Humanisme's technical and financial coordinator in Burkina Faso, the delegation was able to exchange with the Conseil National de l'Agriculture Biologique (CnaBio), visit the Béo-Nèré agroecological farm, the production site of women supported by the Association Lutte Contre la Pauvreté (ALCP), and explore some weekly markets for organic produce in Ouagadougou.

The aim of this exchange trip was to discover the territorial approach adopted by players in Burkina Faso in promoting agroecology. The strong point noted during the mission was the synergy of action between the various players in the agroecology and organic farming value chain including producers, the certification structure, commercial partners, the ministry in charge of agriculture, etc.

The delegation left satisfied with the experience, and the NGO ORGIIS Ghana hopes to continue and consolidate relations with actors in Burkina Faso to promote agroecology.

Terre et Humanisme and its local partners in Togo are raising farmers' awareness of agroecological alternatives, while promoting events such as the Weeks of Alternatives to Pesticides.

A training session was run by the host structures in partnership with the Plant Protection Directorate (DPV) for 100 agricultural producers covering the legal framework for pesticide management and the negative impacts of synthetic chemical pesticide use on ecosystem services.The aim of the training session was to raise awareness among farmers of the various agroecological alternatives to the use of chemical inputs, and to encourage them to adopt biopesticides.