Training farmers in agro-ecological practices

Dear difteurs,

Terre & Humanisme has supported the Association Interzone pour le Développement en Milieu Rural (AIDMR) in investing in a polyvalent ginning machine to develop an income-generating activity, while facilitating the post-harvest activities of peasant farmers. The activity involves offering cereal (particularly corn) shelling services to farmers during the harvest period.

This investment took place early 2024 as part of the PASAAO 3 project aimed at greater empowerment of Terre & Humanisme's historical partners in Burkina Faso. The very first use of the machine was in the province of Ziro, Centre-Ouest Region, where AIDMR's second agroecological farm is located, over the period from November to December 2024.

This resulted in 283 100kg bags of shelled grain: 80 bags of maize and 203 bags of sorghum benefiting 25 producers. The farmers benefit from this service in return for a payment in kind: for a 100kg bag of shelled grain, the payment in kind is around 3 yoruba dishes of grain.

A big thank you to you, dear difteurs, for your invaluable support and donations ✨

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.