A new tool was put into practice in Yagma, the clod maker which allows compacting the soil in a cube of 5cm of side in order to carry out seedlings without using plastic cups difficult to find locally. To do … Read More
Gouloumbou is the second production site of the seed project launched in Senegal by The Ivory Foundation. Pape, the greenhouse’s production manager, has had a good harvest for this first growing season. Unfortunately, the greenhouse was hit by an attack … Read More
Gourel Younousa is one of the 3 villages surrounding the medical center of Bala, where the Ivory Foundation is participating in the development of a vegetable garden for the women of the village. The Eau Claire association has just installed … 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
In 4 years, the fertilizing trees of the Yagma garden have grown enormously, some of them now measuring more than 10m high. In the principle of agroforestry, the trees are initially planted every 2.5 meters. When they start to grow, … 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
Sare Tamou is one of the five gardens located on the outskirts of Dawady where The Ivory Foundation has financed the establishment of a market garden perimeter cultivated by a group of women. In order to protect the crops from … Read More
The Villiot garden is almost ready to receive its spring crops. The last tubs have just been positioned, topped with curved metal structures, which will allow the mulberry trees to climb and form a semi-shaded passageway in the center of … Read More
In order to facilitate the maintenance of the garden and to limit to the maximum the return of the weeds, we applied the technique of the vegetable ground cover to the garden of Villiot. Along the path surrounding the circular … Read More
One calls “living hedge”, the hedge which surrounds a garden. In agroforestry, the fence is doubled with a hedge of thorny trees to constitute a wall impassable by men and animals, which completely secures the garden. The hedge is composed … Read More
