Abdourahman, the head gardener of the Bala garden, is also in charge of three gardens in three outlying villages. With the support of The Ivory Foundation, stakes and fences have been purchased to delimit market gardening areas operated by about … Read More
The seedlings prepared by Abdourhamane, the head gardener of the Bala garden, are a success! The shoots of the different varieties of tomatoes and aubergines have emerged from the plates with a very satisfactory germination rate. As part of the … Read More
The Ivory Foundation has developed a reproductive seed production project in Senegal with the organic seed company Agrosemens. The Bala medical centre in eastern Senegal, near Tambacounda, is one of the pilot sites associated with this initiative. Abdourhamane, head of … Read More
On agroforestry schemes, fertiliser trees and fruit trees are intercropped to maximize the productivity of the market garden schemes. The former fertilise the soil for market garden production, and the latter provide additional income through fruit production. Here in pictures … Read More
The Bala seed farm follows the principles of agro-forestry, where a fertiliser tree nursery has been set up. The seedlings are prepared in plastic bags deep enough for the trees to develop strong downward roots. The seedlings are prepared in … Read More
The greenhouse of Bala is part of the seed production programme developed in Senegal by The Ivory Foundation on three sites. Abdourahmane, who is in charge of the Bala greenhouse, has obtained very encouraging results for this first season for … Read More
Ndioum is one of the three villages on the outskirts of the Bala medical center that benefited from the installation of a well by the Eau Claire association. The Ivory Foundation accompanies a group of women from the village in … Read More
The greenhouse of the Bala’s health centre, ordered from a designer based in Dakar, was brought on site and assembled by 3 technicians with the help of Abdourahmane, the centre’s head of culture. The greenhouse is made up of a … Read More
The children of the center and the staff are interested in the installation of this new garden. Today, planting peppers with the children of the staff members of the health center of Bala.
At the health center of Bala, it is the preparation of the trays with the seeds of the partner of the project, Agrosemens: Tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and lettuce. After only 3 days, the first shoots of the different varieties of … Read More
