PARTINGSHOT
“Moving from plow
to tractor, I increased
my planting area from
11 to 50 hectares and
transformed from
a peasant into an
entrepreneur.”
Abdramane Traoré, an IFDC
beneficiary in Mali, learned to use
ISFM in conjunction with updating
his farm machinery. Now, he
harvests a greater amount of crops
and is a member of a cooperative
that aggregates its crops and
bargains for higher prices in the
marketplace. “IFDC helped us
diversify our crops, control soil
fertility, improve our returns
and access profitable markets.
More importantly, training on the
Competitive Agricultural Systems
and Enterprises (CASE) approach
has made us united and therefore
stronger.”
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