The Salogo market garden producers’ group, a member of the Association Béog Néeré du Ganzourgou (ABN /G), is the lucky winner of the agricultural entrepreneurship development project financed by Solidar Suisse in Burkina Faso.
Over a three-year period, this project will enable the agricultural producers of the Salogo market-garden producers’ group to promote themselves. To achieve this self-promotion, Solidar Suisse in Burkina Faso plans to set up a market garden site, an enriched compost production unit, build an onion storage warehouse, and develop a moringa processing unit.
Before the beneficiaries were immersed in the project’s activities, Solidar Suisse initiated a training course on associative life for their benefit. The aim of this training being to enable the group’s members, who number ninety-one (91), to master the operating rules and management techniques of an associative network in order to best manage their group and achieve the project’s objectives. It was during three 3 days (from May 15 to 17, 2018), within the town hall of Salogo in the province of Ganzourgou, that the members of the grouping were flooded with the good manners of leading an association.
The training was interactive, and participants were keen to learn more about how to manage their group. According to Kaboré Saydou, President of the Salogo market-garden producers’ group, the training was very beneficial for him. The knowledge acquired will enable them to better manage their group. “After this training, we see that our group is like a car driver without a driving license. Our association didn’t yet have a receipt, but the training gave us a boost in our desire to regularize our group’s situation. We’re going to start the procedure to acquire the receipt and organize a general meeting for the re-election of the board members. We’re going to manage our group well to achieve the objectives of the project we’ve benefited from. supports Mr. Kaboré. He adds that he is very happy with this new project because it is concrete. “In addition to the training we’ve received, the onion storage store is under construction, with group members taking part in the building work by collecting sand, drawing water, watering the bricks and the already-built part of the store. We’re all happy with what we’ve already seen. “
For Mrs. Kiemtoré Rasmata, the training was a real eye-opener. “Through this training, we have seen that our way of working is not organized; we operate without internal rules. When a meeting is called, the times are not respected, and some people don’t even take part in the discussions. As a woman, I really appreciated the part of the training where it was said that women must have their place within the groups, and that their ideas must be accepted in the same way as those of men”, confides Madame Kiemtin. confides Madame Kiemtoré.
“We women are going to join forces with the men to make our group a model and succeed in our project to develop agricultural entrepreneurship”.
According to Alidou Compaoré, project coordinator, the training was of great interest to the beneficiaries, as all ninety-one (91) members of the group were present and kept to the training hours. For him, the training will revitalize some of the group’s inactive members. According to Alidou Compaoré, the women were very much involved in the training and claim to have become aware of their role within the group.
Mr. Compaoré expresses his conviction that the agricultural entrepreneurship development project will be a success, as the beneficiaries are sufficiently familiar with the working method and promise to unite their efforts to produce the expected results.
