Gouloumbou seed farm, Tambacounda – Senegal

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

At the Gouloumbou farm, the plants that were transplanted a few weeks ago are starting to produce their first vegetables. The different varieties of tomatoes, bell peppers and chili peppers have started to grow inside the greenhouse. The tomato varieties … Read More

The Gouloumbou greenhouse was ordered from a designer based in Dakar and was transported to the site and assembled by 3 technicians and assisted by the entire farm staff. The assembly was done in several steps and by several teams: … Read More

Cucumber, zucchini and corn seeds require larger cups that are not available locally. For this reason, we have decided to replace them with cardboard cups. The Gouloumbou farm will soon be equipped with a clod press to make compact blocks … Read More

The Gouloumbou greenhouse, was ordered from a designer based in Dakar, was transported to the site and assembled by 3 technicians and assisted by the entire farm staff. The assembly was done in several steps and by several teams: – … Read More

“Alone we go faster, together we go further” With the help of the farm’s trainees, preparation of the trays with the 5 varieties of seeds provided by our seed partner, Agrosemens: tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and lettuce.

 The beginning of work at the Gouloumbou farm with the help of trainees from the Tambacounda school.  For the farm, this is the beginning of its involvement in the project of a vegetable seed production chain in Senegal undertaken by … Read More

The 4 hectare Gouloumbou farm was founded by the French-Senegalese NGO Leeket-Bi and the FMSR foundation. The farm is equipped with solar panels that power a powerful pump to collect water from the Gambia River and store it in a … Read More