Sitting atop a pile of millet sacks in the southern Niger village of Sarkin Hatsi, Sa’a Moussa beams with pride. Today is delivery day and, at the warehouse of her all-women’s cooperative, she eagerly awaits the arrival of trucks to collect their harvest.
“It wasn’t always like this. We’ve come a long way,” she says, reflecting on the journey of the 820-member Hadin Kan Mata farming association that she heads, in the country’s Maradi region bordering Nigeria. “For a long time, we have had to contend with seasons that change unexpectedly.”
Source: wfp.org
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