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West African Project Helps Women Farmers Claim Their Rights, Land

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Across Senegal, women farmers make up 70% of the agricultural workforce. But they have little access to land, education and finance compared to men. We Are the Solution is training female farmers from cultures where women are often excluded from ownership of the land they work so closely. In some cases, farmers abandon their fields because of rising sea levels, causing yield losses.

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West African Project Helps Women Farmers Claim Their Rights, Land

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal - Mariama Sonko's voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled no

1 year ago·United States

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West African project helps women farmers claim land

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal — Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit. Read more...

1 year ago·Vancouver, United States

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