CSW62<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cAnd yet, Mali, although a low contributor to the global emission of greenhouse gases, is no less committed to the race to adapt to the effects of climate change,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To restore Dembele\u2019s production, the programme taught her how to use locally available biopesticides to eliminate the parasites. \u201cThank goodness, we learned that there are local plants whose extracts can fight this disease,\u201d says Dembele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AgriFed started its activities in 2017 in the Segou region, over 200 kilometres northeast of Bamako, the capital of Mali. Training on sustainable agriculture techniques reached 247 women and 66 men. The training helped farmers improve water usage, crop scheduling, pesticide and fertilizer use, and cultivation techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the towns of Boidi\u00e9 and S\u00e9coro, and Cercle de Tominan, women have improved and increased production of shallots thanks to the training. But during harvest, it became clear that the women needed to learn how to conserve their produce better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe grow shallots and onions because of their long shelf-life, but we did not know conservation techniques [before],\u201d explained Hay\u00e8r\u00e8 Keita, a shallot producer and seller in S\u00e9coro. \u201cFollowing our traditional methods, the rates of loss can be very high.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UN Women supported further training sessions that showed the farmers how to preserve products like shallots, onions and potatoes. Around 110 women producers have managed to increase their revenues using these modern production and preservation techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have been growing vegetables and fruits for 20 years, but I only knew the traditional way of doing it,\u201d says Alphonsine Dembele, another farmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAgriFeD taught us to diversify the products we grow, with the introduction of the potatoes, tomatoes and peppers. They not only bring additional income, but also help improve nutrition at home and reduce malnourishment in our children. says Dembele, the other farmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She adds: “It has had a positive influence on social cohesion, because women [from different ethnic communities] now meet and have dialogues during the training sessions in the fields.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The programme, funded by the Government of Luxembourg, will run for five years and is expected to be replicated in other areas of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The programme was launched on December 12, 2017 with a view to building the resilience of a million women and youth in the Sahel to climate impacts through smart agriculture at the One Planet Summit. The launch coincided with a gathering of world leaders in the French capital to mark the anniversary of the landmark Paris Climate Change Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The One Planet Summit, co-hosted by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, and the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, aimed at supporting the formal UN process on climate action as nations look to raise climate ambition in the run up to 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The initiative is a programme of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS) and the G5 Secretariat. The G5 Sahel, the institutional framework for development coordination among the five countries in the region \u2013 Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger \u2013 has identified combatting climate change and environmental degradation, along with their effects on rural populations, as a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the national level, governments are working on adaptation strategies; the new initiative is designed to support those efforts. UN Women presented the programme, which is among some 12 showcased at the Summit, on behalf of the UN system. [IDN-InDepthNews \u2013 27 March 2018]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photo: Members of the women’s cooperative use climate-resilient organic compost and biopesticides in their farm. Credit: UN Women<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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