News from Popenguine’s market garden, Senegal

During a training day bringing together women from the Popenguine market gardening area with teams from Nebeday and The Ivory Foundation, the focus was on setting up and managing a nursery in the greenhouse.This practical training session, which was filmed … Read More

In the greenhouse of the Popenguine women’s collective’s market gardening area, cucumbers were sown directly in the greenhouse on growing beds using the hole technique. The pockets are staggered, about 50 cm apart. This method involves loosening the soil in … Read More

In the vegetable garden, women often use recycled water jerry cans for watering. With the sun and heat, these cans eventually become brittle and disintegrate, and some are left abandoned in the plots.Rather than throwing them away, we have chosen … Read More

After a difficult period caused by a pump failure that discouraged many women in the collective, the Popenguine market gardening area is regaining momentum. With access to water now restored, teams from Nebeday and The Ivory Foundation spent three days … Read More

Over the years, the greenhouses set up by The Ivory Foundation have been severely tested by the weather, particularly the strong winds and heavy rains of the rainy season.The first step involved reinforcing the metal frames, which are now more … Read More

In Popenguine, Senegal, a large meeting recently brought together all the women from the market garden with a shared goal: to rethink the organisation of the greenhouse in order to improve the management of the nursery and revive seed production. … Read More

At various seed production sites, including Popenguine, Dawady and the Association Village Pilote, significant work has been undertaken to improve seed storage and monitoring. With support from The Ivory Foundation, suitable resealable bags have been provided to the teams, enabling … Read More

Depuis 2024, The Ivory Foundation a associé le réseau Femmes-Maraîchage AND DIMBALANTE de Popenguine, soutenu par Nebeday, à son programme de production de semences paysannes biologiques et reproductibles. Dans ce but, une serre de 200m2 a été installée avec succès … Read More

On the occasion of the start-up of the seed production activity in the greenhouse of the market gardening perimeter of the Femmes-Maraîchage AND DIMBALANTE network in Popenguine, The Ivory Foundation team was able to redefine the project’s objectives with the … Read More