Most of the rural farmers are women, and therefore, their training and capacity building promote equality, influence, economic earning, and independence and strengthen their say in the communities. This is highly reflected in our Farmers’ Clubs Programs.
The project Feed the Future Innovation Lab, aims at building capacities in horticulture production, is supported by the University of California-Davis, and the University of Ghana, implemented by ADPP-GB in cooperation with Amilcar Cabral University, the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INPA) Confederacao da Associacoes de Mulheres de Actividades Economicas (AMAE).
The overall objective is to improve farming capacities through training, better farming methods, improved seeds, simple structures for processing and storage and support for the farmers in trading their surplus.
Training of farmers at the Amilcar Cabral University and a plan to improve the curriculum started with the University of Ghana. At the University of Amilcar Cabral, a training field was established with fencing and a well, to facilitate the training of the students.
INPA Agricultural Research will research three kinds of seeds, Onion, Okra, and Tomato, to improve the seeds to the climate of Guinea Bissau.
Three testing fields were established, with two variants of onion, okra and tomato planted to see which ones were resistant and had the best production results.
AMAE is training female farmers in improved farming methods and processing.
In Bissau, equipment was acquired to protect the vegetables from the strong sunlight and new simple structures were established for washing, packing and drying the vegetables for local sales.
2.000 farmers
Supported by the University of California–Davis through funds from USAID