In Senegal, women farmers compose 70% of the agricultural workforce, but rarely own land. Mariama Sonko wanted to change that, so she started We Are the Solution, now 115,000-strong, to train women to feed their communities sustainably.
Across Senegal, women farmers make up 70% of the agricultural workforce and produce 80% of the crops but have little access to land, education and finance compared to men, the United Nations says.
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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Mariama Sonko's voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was punctuated by the thud of falling fruit. World News | ''Women Farmers Are Invisible'': A West African Project Helps Them Claim Their Rights — and Land.