Entrepreneurs of the Sahel

摘要

Two years ago, we reported on how women were increasing their income in the Sahel through processing forest products. As the Trees 4 Livelihoods programme draws to an end, we hear from the women whose lives have been changed since they realised the true value of their trees.In the communes of Konna and Borondougou, women collect and sell 'non-timber forest products' (NTFPs) from a range of remarkable dryland trees - but had limited capacity to process them back in 2013. Trees 4 Livelihoods (T4L) has supported 487 women from 29 villages to add value to NTFPs by turning them into juices, soaps and jams - increasing women's income.