As I mentioned in another post, I am mapping civil society actors that could be partners for national policy advocacy on food security and rural resilience, with a special focus on women.
Last week I met the women from the Panale Cooperative - a federation of 30 enterprises working in the transformation of agricultural products, involving more than 100 000 women!
They have been supported by Oxfam for a few years, and now are also helping to diffuse their practices and experience. They themselves do training and support to other interested organizations.
Transformation of agricultural products for women is exactly the target of the credit component of R4.
As experienced practitioners, they are very well positioned to speak up, and support the implementation of better national policies in Senegal.
And they are incredibly welcoming! An initially scheduled 1-hour interview was followed by a complete tour of their warehouse, a visit downtown to one of their shops, and most of all an invitation to lunch to eat my first Chicken Yassa... Delicious!!
Thank you Panale, and look forward to working with you soon!!
With Fatoumata Diop, President of Panale
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