Bulletin numéro 19 - février 2022

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• Access Agriculture Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) from Niger (Kiari Ayimi Kolo Kaou, Soumaïla Abdou Issa, Idrissa Mahamane Saïdou, Abari Moussa Mahamadou, Dottia Siddo Garba and Moustapha Idrissa Abba), together with Concern Niger partners and University of Diffa members, were trained in the use of the smart projector and a mobile app for data collection from 25-27 January 2022. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Senegal, Marie Angélique Faye, led a video session on fighting malnutrition using the Access Agriculture video on Enriching porridge with baobab juice at the town hall of Bignona, Ziguinchor region, Senegal. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Mali, Aliou Maiga, showed videos on Pitcher irrigation and Making more money from onions to six farmers for the Youth Association for the Promotion of Education in Mali (AJPEM). He also showed videos on Taking care of okra, Tomato concentrate and juice, Storing fresh and dried tomatoes and Making more money from onions to 34 farmers, including 32 women and two men at Walirdé, in Sévaré.(See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)
• ERA from Kenya, Sylvia Wangui Njonjo, Administrator and Field Officer at Community Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Environmental Programme (CSHEP) in Kenya, trained students from Makutano Secondary School, Kiambu County in Kenya in growing vegetables by showing them the video on Using sack mounds to grow vegetables. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Mali, Mathias Keita, showed videos on vegetable production to 15 women farmers involved in vegetable farming in Kakadjan village, Sadiola district in Kayes region, Mali. The videos were shown as part of a training program on organic vegetable farming and production of bio-inputs. They appreciated very much the training programme and the videos.(See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)
• ERA from Malawi, Sydney Jassi, showed a video on Making yoghurt at home to the members of the Kawere Women Cooperative in Malingunde, Lilongwe. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Uganda, Azaria Kamusiime, a member of the AgroMush Uganda enterprise in Mbarara district in Western Uganda, conducted a video session on Growing oyster mushrooms for seven youths, including six women, in Mutojo, Sheema Central Division, Uganda. AgroMush Uganda seeks to be the leading mushroom grower and supplier of quality mushroom products in Uganda and throughout Africa. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Rwanda, Benjamin Tuyitegereze, conducted a training in Gicumbi District, Kageyo Centre, Rwanda, by screening the video on Hydroponic fodder to 51 farmers, including 14 women. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)
• ERA from Kenya, Maureen Njeri Maina, has been using audio-visual method to teach children about good agricultural practices. As part of this, she showed the video on Controlling banana weevils to 20 students at the Thika Children Rescue Centre, in central Kenya. (See photos in Access Agriculture Facebook)
• ERA from Rwanda, Prosper Murindangabo, led a video screening session on Growing oyster mushrooms for 15 participants, including four women, at the Mahama Refugee camp, Kirehe District in the Eastern Province of Rwanda.(See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)
• ERA from Mali, Aliou Maiga, showed videos on Taking care of okra, Tomato concentrate and juice and Storing fresh and dried tomatoes to 29 farmers, including 23 women, in the village of Barbé Plateau, Mali. At the end of the screening, participants visited the women’s vegetable garden. (See photos in Access Agriculture Flickr album)

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