Increasing vegetable production and consumption in Burkina Faso
The World Vegetable Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. After events in Benin and Mali, WorldVeg director general […]
The World Vegetable Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. After events in Benin and Mali, WorldVeg director general […]
World Vegetable Center and the World Food Program empower several populations in southwestern Mali
Equip vulnerable populations in southwestern Mali […]
WFP Mali Resilience
A contribution of the World Vegetable Center to the Action Plan for Building […]
Reviewing progress to date with partners on the project to strengthen vegetable and seed supply systems in West Africa.
Two studies by the World Vegetable Center examine the production factors, laws, regulations, and policies that affect the vegetable seed sector in Africa.
Seeing agricultural technologies and best practices in action helps to foster technical collaboration.Â
The WorldVeg West and Central Africa - Dry Regions booth attracted a lot of attention at a recent USAID Partnership Declaration event in Bamako, Mali. Omar Diouf explained WorldVeg activities in the region to Mali's Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Moulaye Ahmed Boubacar and US Ambassador to Mali H.E. Dennis Hankins. Mali is one of 12 partner countries selected for a new phase of the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative.
Vegetable production is among the activities in USAID's new five-year commitment to advance agriculture for development in Mali.Â
On Friday, 2 March 2018, WorldVeg officially opened its new building for West and Central Africa - Dry Regions in Bamako, Mali. Director General Marco Wopereis was on hand to help Mali's Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Nango Dembele, cut the ribbon. Â
A USAID Health Team led by Fatimata Ouattara, Project Manager Specialist at USAID Health in Bamako, recently visited the WorldVeg Sirakoroba Vegetable Technology Immersion Cluster (VTIC) in Sikasso, Mali, where WorldVeg is efficiently integrating agriculture, nutrition, WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) and health through the USAID/Mali Scaling project. --MORE--