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Sens Benin

Fondation Avril helps Sens in Benin in order to support the structuring of leguminous sectors for small farms and rural very small enterprises (VSEs). This original operation relies on two main actions: creation of sustainable jobs to boost rural areas, and support to all actors, from production to collective distribution right up to the cities.

Sens has created an original structure, « Essor » (« Entreprises Solidaires de Services aux Ruraux ») in 2016. With the support of Fondation Avril, Sens helped 12 Essor entrepreneurs in the soybean sector. These VSEs provide local services to farmers, and access to local urban markets for producers. Meanwhile, rural tofu farms and urban processing units can respectively enjoy adequate supply and quality local supply.

To change scale, Sens, with the support of Fondation Avril, launched the « Best 2018-2021 » program, to pursue the development of innovative projects and strengthen the soybean sector. It led to the creation of Monsoja, a committed brand that allows people to consume more protein through a range of local products.

“Innovating in Benin with soybeans is establishing the right conditions for a more productive, more profitable, more sustainable agriculture. It is stimulating the development of hundreds of micro and small processing companies, and improving protein intake for the vulnerable! ”

Kèmi Fakambi,
General Director of Sens-Bénin

OUR PARTNER

Sens (Solidarités Entreprises Nord-Sud) is a group of three cooperatives (Sens France, Sens Bénin, Investi’Sens Bénin) which develop together a social and sustainable economy, strongly rooted in the territories of the North and the South.

OTHER PROJECTS:

Côte d’Ivoire Project

Following the Symposium “Entrepreneurship against malnutrition” organized on November 25 and 26, 2019 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the Fondation Avril committed to implement, in the field, the proposals presented during this event aimed at strengthening food security and improving nutrition of populations.

“Biodiversity and proteins” project in Southern Togo

As part of a partnership launched in June 2020, AFDI (Association Agriculteurs Français et Développement International) is supporting UROPC-M (Farmers’ Organization of the Maritime Region, in southern Togo) in the diversification and development of three legume crops: pigeon pea, bambara-bean and groundnut.

CIFS professionalization project in Togo

In Togo, the Ministry of Agriculture made an official request to the Fondation Avril and Agropol to support the professionalization of the soybean interprofessional organization, the CIFS (Soybeans Interprofessional Council in Togo).

Symposium « Entreprendre contre la malnutrition »

During Sara (Salon International de l’Agriculture et des Ressources Animales), Fondation Avril organized with a group of institutional and economical partners a conference entitled « Entreprendre contre la malnutrition » on Monday, 25 and Tuesday November 26th 2019 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.