Africa Archive
Mali – Canada: Farmer to Farmer
The new director of our program in Douentza Mali, Abdrahamane Goïta, was in Canada in October and was keen to visit local Ottawa area seed producer and longtime USC friend and supporter, Greta Kryger of Greta’s Organics. Abdrahamane gave her a big thumbs up! Read More…
Reports from Rome: A Call to Action
Our own Faris Ahmed is in Rome taking part in the UN Committee on World Food Security. He has attended many presentations over the last few days, but puts this impassioned call to action by Ibrahim Coulibaly – a farm movement leader from Mali – in a category all its own. Read it for yourself…
Spotlight on Mali
Our Africa Program Manager, Sarah Dalle, has just returned from a visit to the Douentza region of Mali with a wealth of stories and pictures. Take the tour yourself on this eye-opening visit with local farmers’ groups working to strengthen community seed banking networks, market gardens, and the participation of young farmers and farmer apprentices. Read More…
Local Food Production in Mali
From first appearances and to untrained eyes precious little could ever be coaxed out of the soils of Mali’s Douentza region. But local farmer knowledge teamed with ecological agricultural research is regenerating the land and significantly increasing food production through USC Canada’s Seeds of Survival program. Learn more about Mali’s changing landscape from the latest edition of Jottings. Read More…
Trees: Farmers’ Right Hands
USC Board Member Joan Baxter is a writer and journalist who spends much of her time in West Africa writing about the impact of Western policies and practices there. In this article, written to mark International Year of Forests, Joan reminds us of the role trees play in sustainable agriculture and why farmers nurture them among their fields. For family farmers throughout the tropics, trees are a multi-purpose resource. Read More…
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