Bala greenhouse
posted in: Bala Garden, Greenhouse, Harvesting
At Bala, gardener Abdourahmane has planted a variety of local crops, including okra, chilli peppers and cassava.
The TIPI in the Traversine Villiot garden
The climbing beans sown last April on the Traversine Villiot tipi have reached the top in just a few months!The first flowers are starting to turn into beans! This species (from Agrosemens seed) produces purple vegetables that turn green when … Read More
Maintenance of the planting beds at Malanti
posted in: Agroecology, Malanti Garden, Sustainable approaches, Swaziland
5 women are in charge of the cultivation beds in the Garden of Skills, a daily task carried out since 2021, when the project began in the Malanti hills in Eswatini. Growing the plants in parallel rows at right angles … Read More
Maintenance of courgette beds in Yagma
The Yagma garden team prepared courgette and maize beds before the onset of the rainy season. Maize requires a lot of water, so this season is ideal for planting and growing it. Its rapid growth will enable it to be … Read More
The Garden of Skills greenhouse
posted in: Greenhouse, Malanti Garden
The Malanti greenhouse, built by young deaf and hard-of-hearing people from the Lesotho-based “Farming our Future” association, is a real asset for the women in the Garden of Skills. It enables them to sow their crops sheltered from the sun … Read More
Sowing in the Garden of Skill’s greenhouse at Malanti
posted in: Garden maintenance, Greenhouse, Malanti Garden, Seedlings
The women in charge of the Garden of Skills at Malanti in Eswatini are preparing the selection of seeds that they will put into pots in the greenhouse. It’s a painstaking task, so as not to waste this precious resource … Read More
Harvest of sweet potatoes
posted in: Gardening tutorial, Harvesting, Swaziland
Sweet potatoes at the Garden of Skills, Malanti, Eswatini The sweet potato is very popular in Eswatini, and is also suitable for sloping ground as it produces abundant creeping foliage. After each harvest, the women take cuttings from the harvested … Read More
Planting courgettes in Sandiare
posted in: Greenhouse, Mbour Farms
As part of the seed project involving Agrosemens, APAF and The Ivory Foundation, Thieleme, the technician in charge of greenhouses in the Mbour region, planted courgette seedlings in the Sandiare and Nobadane greenhouses. The varieties were selected to best suit … Read More
Use of BT (Bacillus thuringiensis), Bala, Senegal
posted in: Bala Garden, Gardening tutorial, not classified
During the training course organised by The Ivory Foundation and Agrosemens in Senegal, Louis Marie Broucqsault and Cyriaque Crosnier Mangeat presented BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) as a solution for treating the pests that attack Moringa. Louis Marie noted that Moringa leaves … Read More
Observation of tomato acariosis in Dawady, Senegal
posted in: Gardening tutorial, not classified
Cyriaque Crosnier Mangeat, from Agrosemens, provides advice in Dawady, where The Ivory Foundation has been developing a large collective vegetable garden since 2018, bringing together 150 village women on 450 cultivated plots. Observation of a tomato plant affected by acariosis … Read More