Working in partnership with Jesse Shanks, a missionary who shares our beliefs about how to make an “impact that lasts,” and who has deep-rooted relationships in local communities in the West African nation of Togo, we are providing training in sustainable conservation agriculture techniques.
Jesse and his family is passing on their training to a small group of Togolese farmers who have expressed a desire to achieve improved yields despite degraded soils and limited rainfall. The training empowers farmers by offering alternative practices for agricultural production and resource management to people who want to do their part to increase food security and household income for their families. Because the methods rely on freely available resources from nature, such as mulch and manure, these techniques are highly sustainable and dependent only on the will of the farmers themselves.
