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ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL — Mariama Sonko's voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit. This quiet village in Senegal is the...

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal -- Mariama Sonkos voice resounded through the circle of 40 female farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit.

Mariam Sonko works on training female farmers who traditionally have no access to education, explaining their rights and financing women-led agricultural

Mariama Sonko's voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit.

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Empowering Senegalese women through agriculture, seeds, and sustainable practices, cultivating resilience and equality ZIGUINCHOR, SENEGAL (AP) – Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit. This […]

In Senegal, women farmers compose 70% of the agricultural workforce, but rarely own land. Mariama Sonko wanted to change that, so she started We Are the Solution, now 115,000-strong, to train women to feed their communities sustainably.

Sonko is now trying to set up seven new training centers across southern Senegal.

A project in West Africa is changing the narrative by empowering women farmers with rights and land, addressing gender disparities in agriculture.