Local kiosks which sell and promote local organic food
Municipality of Ndiob
Ndiob’s Agriculture Development Programme
The community of Ndiob consists of 18 villages that were formed into 5 village groups of a certain area, which focused on one of the five collectively defined themes. The Agriculture Development Programme includes hence five themes:
- Agriculture, including infrastructure and agricultural equipment, seeds stocks, intensification and diversification of agroecology;
- Livestock breeding and farming, including cattle breeding, poultry food production for livestock;
- Soil fertility, including anti-erosion measures; desalination, composting;
- Management of natural resources, including improving the state of the valley and ponds, restoration of soil coverage, strengthening of local governance;
- Food security, including construction of processing and storage facilities for agricultural produce, improving nutrition projects, local bank for savings and micro-credits to support local agriculture, livestock and poultry breeding as well as the use of the ponds.
It was critical that Ndiob’s local Agricultural Development Programme of 2017 was designed in a particularly inclusive way and the people were involved in all phases of the programme, from the diagnosis/analysis to implementation. Main support came from the NGO ENDA PRONAT, that for a long time advocates for agroecology in West Africa, with other organizations and entities interested in support Ndiob's vision and work.
In 2018, two villages – Thiallé and Soumnane – of Ndiob decided to adopt agroecology as a way of life in different areas. They will be pilot villages and accompanied by the municipality and its partners such as FAO, INP and Elephant Vert. The aim is to build on the results and gained experiences of these two villages to further multiply activities to other villages of the municipality.