New agricultural schools
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Hectar, the largest agricultural campus in the world will open its doors in September 2021 © Hectar
By: Raphaëlle Constant Follow |
Emmanuelle Bastide
51 mins
Since the 1980s, the acceleration of world trade and the awareness of the negative effects of certain forms of agriculture on the environment and health have seen the development of sustainable agricultural practices that are more respectful of biodiversity.
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New school models have emerged to train the farmers of tomorrow in France and in Africa.
With
:
Audrey Bourolleau
, founder of
Hectar
, the largest agricultural campus in the world in Levis-Saint-Nom (France)
Abdoulaye Issoufou
agricultural entrepreneur, creator and director of the
Albarka Farm School in the North-East of Sokodé,
330 km from Lomé in Togo
And a report by
Raphaëlle Constant
at the Songhaï agricultural school, near Porto Novo in Benin.
Its slogan: "Africa raises its head".
Dubbed the Farmer-Entrepreneur School, this model initiative has been promoted by the United Nations as a “center of excellence for agriculture”.
It is on a one-hectare plot of land allocated by the State that the Dominican priest and microbiologist of Nigerian origin, Godfrey Nzamujo, opened his "mother farm" in 1985. Today, it is spreading. over twenty hectares, includes an organic farm, production processing sites and a school.
Each year, between 200 and 250 Beninese and African students are welcomed for an 18-month training course based on sustainable agriculture.
The center looks like an anthill, employees and trainees are busy in the dirt alleys, dressed in their green blouses and straw hats.
Visit of the premises in the company of the director, Father Nzamujo, at the microphone of Raphaelle Constant.
Interview with Father Nzamujo, director of the Songhaï agricultural school, near Porto Novo in Benin
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