Catégorie : Fields activities

This Friday, July 12, 2024, a team from the FC-SSA project undertook, in close collaboration with the project beneficiaries, the reforestation of the sacred forest of Kpeoussobé in Sinaissiré. In total, 513 seedlings of Isoberlinia and Afzelia africana were transplanted. This initiative is part of the objectives of the FC-SSA Project, which aims to restore the project’s beneficiary forests with 3,000 ectomycorrhizal species each year. The population, very committed, mobilized in large numbers to ensure the success of this activity.

The FC-SSA project (Fungal Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sustainability and Livelihood Implications) once again made a significant impact on National Tree Day in Benin. On June 1, 2024, the village of Koborou witnessed a reforestation initiative led by the project staff, in collaboration with the local NGO REDERC, local communities predominantly represented by women, and officials from the water and forestry department. This initiative is an integral part of the project’s program to restore degraded natural habitats of mushrooms, which is a key objective of the FC-SSA project launched a year ago.

From March 28th to 29th, 2024, a team from the FC-SSA Project undertook a visit to villages benefiting from the project. During these two days of visits, the team engaged in discussions with women from the beneficiary villages to gather their experiences in establishing nurseries. Capacity-building program has been also organized for women on strategies for fungi habitats conservation, such as permaculture. This direct interaction enabled for a deeper understanding project impact on local community livelihood. The team visited also Babazaoré community forest and the Papatia botanical garden.

From February 26 to March 3, 2024, a field mission was carried out as part of the FC-SSA project. The team consisted of Mr. Wilfrid Adjimoti and Apollon Hegbe. The objective of the mission was to establish nurseries and install plaques bearing the project’s image in several localities. The sites involved for nursery were Tassigourou, Tamendé, Papatia and Babazaoré. During this mission, over 3,500 seeds of native species, including Monotes kerstingii, Afzelia africana and Isoberlinia, were planted in the newly created nurseries. Local populations actively participated in these activities. Plaques with the FC-SSA project name were also installed in seven forests involved in the project. This action aims to mark the project’s presence and get local communities involved. The team would like to highlight the warm welcome received in each town and the residents’ active mobilization around these different activities. The FC-SSA project appears to be well accepted and supported by the concerned populations. The mission took place according to schedule. The objectives were successfully achieved.

From December 23rd to 25th, 2022, we carried out two major activities. The first activity involved weeding and creating firebreaks around the seedlings that we planted in August in five target villages of our Project. After collecting all the seeds from the local communities, the second activity involved setting up nurseries in these villages. In total, 4000 pots were filled by seventy women and ten men. The project also provided these dedicated women and men who support the project with the necessary equipment the nuseries care

A team of Fungal Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Darwin main project 30-020 (FC-SSA), composed of Dramani Ramdan, Wilfrid Adjimoti and Kachirou Abalo carried out an exploratory field activity in the Okpara forest this Friday, December 14th, 2023. This mission was part of the execution of third quarter activities of FC-SSA Project and aimed to collect forest seeds. A total of 238 Monotes kerstingii seeds and 23 Isoberlinia doka seeds were collected. Similar activity had already been organized by the team in November and recorded a collection of 508 seeds of Isoberlinia doka and 21 seeds of Monotes kerstingii