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Banjul, The Gambia - May 7, 2024. The annual Steering Committee Meeting on the Global Forest Transformation for People and Climate project, Tuesday convened in Banjul as part of collaborative effortsbetween the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to promote forest conservation initiatives and climate resilience in the subregion.
This event holds significant importance given the urgent need to address the escalating challenges facing West Africa's forests. With deforestation rates rising and climate change impacts worsening, the collaborative efforts of Sida, FAO,...
Beneficiary of the PROMIRE project, N’Guessan Amlan Monique regains hope through agroforestry
30/04/2024
30/04/2024
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N’Guessan Amlan Monique is a 64-year-old widow and mother of 4 children. She is a cocoa producer in Ebikro-N’Dakro in the South Comoé region. Her husband's death nearly 20 years ago left her emotionally empty and she struggled with financial difficulties that she has to face alone. As a widow, she now has the responsibility of feeding and taking care of her children.
For the sixty-year-old, a day's work starts at 7:30 am and ends at 12:30 pm. Every day, she struggles by working for the future of her children through her 1-hectare cocoa plantation, even though she lacks the labor...
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In Aboudé Kouassikro, in the Agnéby-Tiassa region, MORONOU Oba Philomène is a 45-year-old single mother. For over 10 years now, she has been traveling 10 kilometers a day to reach her cocoa plantation. Having dropped out of school after several failures in her final year of high school, she inherited a 3-hectares cocoa plot from her parents' death to take care of herself and her 3 children.
However, the already aging and poorly maintained plantation did not really allow her to be self-sufficient and independent. Despite her 9 hours of hard work each day to meet the expenses of her children's...
Sayouba Adama, a cocoa producer in the South Comoé region, "discovers the path to prosperity"
18/04/2024
18/04/2024
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In the village of Ebikro-N’Dakro in the South Comoé region, Sayouba Adama, married and father of six children, is a well-known cocoa producer for his hard work. Despite his efforts, the annual production from his 2 hectares is always low and does not provide a decent living for him and his family.
With the advent of the project "Promoting cocoa production without deforestation to reduce emissions in Côte d'Ivoire" (PROMIRE) implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), he discovers agroforestry and applies it to his plantation. The initial results pleasantly surprise him. His production improves along...
Sustainable cocoa culture: When agroforestry practices bring smiles back to the Akalé Gohi couple
15/04/2024
15/04/2024
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Akalé Gohi and his wife, a couple of cocoa farmers located in the Agnéby-Tiassa region, had no solution to save their 2.5-hectare plantation, which was deteriorating day by day due to the consequences of climate change. Then, they discovered agroforestry through the PROMIRE project. This technique, which they applied without hesitation, eventually brought smiles back to their faces.
"The sun was drying out my cocoa trees, causing them to lose their leaves and eventually die. I had no solution to remedy this, and I was at risk of losing my cocoa plantation," confesses Akalé Gohi Pascal.
In Aboudé-Kouassikro, in the Agnéby-Tiassa region...