REGENAGRI - Technical assistance for the implementation of regenerative agriculture practices in the onion sector in Senegal
Partners
Main goals
Support the onion producers network in Senegal for the implementation of production practices applying the principles of regenerative agriculture while maintaining or improving producers' yields and income
Specific objectives
SO1. Improve the knowledge and skills on regenerative agriculture of producers and SAF Ingrédients technical staff (principles, agronomic benefits, sprinkler irrigation, use of mulch, management of plots ecological functions, management of rotations with onion, pepper and tomato)
SO2. Establish demonstration plots within the targeted producers (GIE)
SO3. Facilitate the procurement of funds for financing equipment
SO4. Support the implementation of protocoles and technical-economic monitoring
Related people
Pierre Sutter
Graduate Engineer in Agriculture, Specialized in Agroecology of the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISA), he brings his expertise to the methodological support of the teams on the realization of diagnosis at the scale of the territory and the plot to develop the rules for managing natural resources and co-constructing innovative agricultural practices with producers. Based in Dakar serving West & Central Africa.
Siméon Diedhiou
Holder of a PhD in Agriculture and Climate Change at the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), he is also graduated from the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar with a Master 2 in Sustainable Management of Agroecosystems Horticulture and a Master 2 in Environmental Sciences. He has good experience working in rural Senegalese areas, particularly within the NGO Agrecol Afrique, as a program manager
François Griffon
Holder of a Master's degree in "Sustainable Farming and Agri-food Systems in the South", specialised in "Markets, Organization, Quality and Services" from Montpellier SupAgro - Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC), he brings his expertise in sector and value chain analysis, market studies, quality management and farmers' organisations services and support
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