Shared gardens in Senegal
Bernard Rivoire, president of the humanitarian association Cedo.
© RFI / Sayouba Traoré
By: Sayouba Traoré
1 min
Senegal has a seafront that stretches 700 kilometers from Saint-Louis in the north to Cap Skirring in the south.
With the disappearance of the mangrove that protected the coastline, the salinization of agricultural land is today a threat to food security.
Shared gardens is a sharing action between producers from the Sine Saloum region in Senegal and the Cedo association in the Loire in France.
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Today, the Cedo association has 12 active members, 60 honorary members, 1,500 beneficiaries and 20 years of experience. Initially, it was young people from the Loire who were keen to give women the opportunity to have income-generating activities that would reduce household poverty, improve health and raise the level of education for children. children.
In fact, it is an interlocking of associations and initiatives.
The base is the AFDI association, French farmers and international development.
In all the countries of the world, the peasant does not like to share his secrets.
As a result, we cannot combine experiences to act together.
AFDI offers its 40-year-old know-how to the Cedo association.
And in turn, Cedo helps rural women for food self-sufficiency, the environment, health and education.
First, the desalination of agricultural land.
Guest
: Bernard Rivoire, president of the humanitarian association Cedo
Production: Sayouba Traoré
Director: Ewa Piedel
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