The CROPS4HD project puts a strong focus on integrating the gender dimension into all its activities. In a testimonial collected in Chad’s Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Province, one farmer shares her perspectives on women’s essential role in promoting food security.
Category Archives: Chad
Chad: Second practical workshop for product development
On October 25 and 26, 2024, the 2nd practical workshop for product development in Chad was held at the Gassi agro-food production unit. This practical workshop brought together the actors involved in the PMCA approach implemented as part of CROPS4HD.
Floodings in Chad: major challenges for the CROPS4HD project
Is Chad suffering the irreversible effects of climate change? For more than three successive years, floodings have been a recurring phenomenon in the country. 2024 holds the record. Read more about the challenges faced and how CROPS4HD can support farmers to cope.
3rd Pan-African Conference on Seed Governance
From August 21 to 23, AFSA organized the 3rd edition of the Pan-African Conference on Seed Governance, in Niamey, Niger, under the theme “Partnership between state and non-state actors for resilient seed systems in Africa.”
Chad: Second Edition of the Farmers’ Seed Fair
The second edition of the Farmers’ Seed Fair was held on December 12 and 13, 2023 in Koumra (Chad).
Beneficiaries stories: Chad
Discover the stories of two Chadian farmers that have (re)introducted some NUS into their fields.
First seed fair in Chad: a way to bring the peasant seed system forward
The First Farmers’ Seed Fair was held on the 20th and 21th of December 2022 in Pala.
New publication on the right to seeds in Africa
A new publication looks at the implementation of the right to seeds in Africa from the perspective of the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP).
Creation of synergies in Chad : PMCA event
During the first half year of 2022 the four CROPS4HD countries have successfully established the launch of their first Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA) event. In Chad, this first event took place on the 18th of June in N’Djamena.
Reinforcement of peasant seed systems dynamics in Chad
Between the 28th and 31st of March 2022 was held the Planning and Capacity-building Workshop for Farmers’ Organizations in Advocacy for the Promotion of Peasant Seed Systems (PSS) in the Province of Mayo-Kebbi, Chad.