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Burkina Faso: Passionate about cheese since high school

AgribusinessTV May 25, 2021 2907 No Comments

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Oumar KABORE is passionate about cheese. After training with a professional cheese maker, he decided to make it his profession. Today, through his company, “Grâce Fromagerie”, he produces various types of cheeses, including moringa and garlic flavours. “Grace Fromagerie’s dream is obviously to

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Benin: Processing to reduce post-harvest losses

AgribusinessTV April 23, 2019 3073 No Comments

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In Kpomassè, 60 km from Cotonou, Euphrasie DASSOUNDO has set up a processing unit for vegetables. She wants to reduce post-harvest losses. Euphrasie started her company with 30,000 FCFA in 2013, and her main activity was to process tomato into paste. Her first challenge was to get people to accept the product which wa

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Minting fortunes from garlic

AgribusinessTV November 8, 2016 4461 No Comments

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Moses Karimi GITHAIGA runs Saumu Centre Limited, a garlic seed production and training hub. Moses used to sharpen knives to earn a living. But after while, he realised that the work was laborious and did not pay off. So, he got into agriculture. He started with tomatoes and French beans, but it did not work.Read More