Tag: women

Burundi: Turning a weed into a sustainable source of income

AgribusinessTV March 8, 2023 1078 No Comments

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On Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, water hyacinth is harmful to biodiversity. Kathia Gretta IRADUKUNDA, through her company, “Hyacinth Art House”, has found a profitable way to fight against these plants, by using them for the manufacture of art objects. Thanks to this company, several women, with whom she coll

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Burkina Faso: Bringing local products closer to consumers

AgribusinessTV August 4, 2020 1605 No Comments

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In Burkina Faso, local producers face difficulties in selling their products, which creates income problems. With the aim of addressing this problem, Rachidiatou BADINI and Eliane MINOUNGOU, beneficiary of the IDEAL Project, had the idea of using ICTs to promote these local products. Today, in addition to online sales,

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Gardens of survival

AgribusinessTV December 3, 2019 2756 No Comments

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After an injury, Mamouna Ouedraogo had to have her left foot amputated. Her husband abandoned her and her three children, and she found herself completely dependent on her parents. Due to inactivity, she was having bad thoughts all day long, and life was not easy. One day, she got in touch with CBM agents andRead More

Burkina Faso: Grow more and better with less water

AgribusinessTV June 11, 2019 2587 No Comments

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In Burkina Faso, the long dry season rhymes less and less with idleness among farmers. Many are engaged in crop production, which is now one of the main income-generating activities during this period. But without training and lack of resources, many of them are facing difficulties. And the major constraint is the avai

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Burkina Faso: A mini-dairy changes the lives of rural women

AgribusinessTV June 1, 2019 2247 No Comments

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In Dédougou, in Burkina Faso, a mini-dairy is changing lives of rural women since February 2012. Supported by the Regional Council and maintained by the union of breeders and producers in the region the mini-dairy Soudou Kossam is an answer to women’s empowerment.

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Togo: Drip irrigation to gain more

AgribusinessTV March 19, 2019 3768 No Comments

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In Kovié, in the south of Togo, the introduction of a drip irrigation system is changing the life of women vegetable growers. Access to water was a big challenge for the women. They had to walk several kilometres to get water and carry the bucket on their head. And the fact that it was a Read More

Benin: Solar women

AgribusinessTV March 12, 2019 4401 No Comments

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Women from the “Egbèlayo” cooperative of mahogany transformers are trained in the photovoltaic solar system. Due to lack of electricity, the women were facing a lot of difficulties and they could not work at night. In the darkness, they were also faced with dangers related to animals in the bush and also o

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Burkina Faso: FASO ATTIEKE to transform the local cassava

AgribusinessTV January 15, 2019 3975 No Comments

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Florence BASSONO is an executive assistant by training. She created FASO ATTIEKE, a company that processes and markets local cassava. Being under threat of being sacked by her employer, Florence began to look for business ideas. She first tries trade, but it was a failure. This activity was not made for her. In a secon

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Burkina Faso: Dried attiéké to reduce waste

AgribusinessTV October 23, 2018 3120 No Comments

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In 2002, Sabine NANA and her friends left Côte d’Ivoire during the war. They are rebuilding their lives in Burkina Faso through the processing of cassava into fresh and dried attiéké (cassava couscous). Sabine and her friends started their business in shea butter and sprouted millet, but it was not profitable

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Mali: Maya, to save time in the kitchen

AgribusinessTV October 9, 2018 3180 No Comments

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Seynabou DIENG TRAORE has a degree in communication. Through her company, “Maya Agroalimentaire”, she offers various marinades and organic spices ready to serve. When Seynabou came back to Mali in 2015, she noticed that other working women were consuming of lot of imported products. Local products were available bu

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