Jane Goodall Institute

Published purpose

This project aims to improve rural communities’ resilience to climate change, especially for women, in the Kedougou region of Senegal. Project activities include: (1) providing training to 360 farmers from 21 villages on improving planting techniques and gender integration; (2) providing farmers with fonio (a type of heritage grain) seeds and agricultural inputs, including soil nutrient field test kits; (3) training women-led cooperatives on the creation and marketing of biomass briquettes (for fuel), and the use of grain/cereal husking machines; (4) training community members on forest product harvesting and bushfire prevention; (5) seeding 28,000 indigenous plants; and (6) promoting agroforestry and the use of an indigenous tree species to enhance forest carbon sinks. he Jane Goodall Institute of Canada implements this project in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute, the Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Dindéfélo (Dindéfélo Community Natural Reserve) and the Association Nébéday.