ICRISAT NEWs

Supporting farming communities

The World Food Programme, ICRISAT and partners have come together to support farming communities in Mali with improved dryland crop varieties and ‘Smart Food’ interventions.

More than 300 farmers from two communes in Mali comprising of 162 women agri-food processors visited demonstration plots in their region growing high-yielding, climate-resilient, and biofortified varieties of sorghum, millet, groundnut and cowpea.

Farmers' visits in the communes of Tamani, Segou region and Nonsombougou, Koulikoro region were conducted from October 25-27, 2022. They were organized as part of a collaborative project with the World Food Programme (WFP), ICRISAT, NGO Malimark and farmers' organizations.

Farmers’ visits in Tamani

Mr Bafing Coulibaly, owner of a demonstration field of improved varieties in Bougoula, Tamani summed up the community's response to new agricultural technologies.

The main objective of the WFP-ICRISAT collaborative project is to strengthen food and nutrition security in the face of climate change. The project commenced in 2022 and is being implemented in the regions of Segou, Koulikoro, Mopti, Gao and Timbuktu in Mali by ICRISAT, IER and the NGOs Malimark, CAID (Cellule d'appui aux initiatives de development ​ Nyeta Conseils and AMASSA Afrique Verte.

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