Friday, March 7th, and Saturday, March 8th 2014 The last two days….how time has flown. On Friday, March 7th, we started with a meeting with US ADF, the United States Agricultural Development Fund.  We wanted to ask about funding to start a goat business for the women’s associations, using the brown goats of Maradi. The country […]

Day 4 and Day 5, March 5th and March 6th, 2014 The fatigue is setting in. We are all feeling it. Before breakfast I got a call from the former Vice Mayor of Libore,  that she was in the lobby wanting to see me! The Nigerien people I have met are always so thoughtful, polite […]

Day 3, Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 It is another fascinating day. This morning we went about 45 minutes out of town to see a village called Sadoré, where Dov started spontaneously piloting the FOF over 7 years ago. Sadoré village is just across the street from ICRISAT, the organization he spent ten years working for when he came […]

It is the second full day of our journey, Monday, March 3rd, 2014. One of the purposes of this trip was to meet the First Lady and the head of the Triple N initiative and get their support for the creation of a Training Centre for the technicians, the expansion of the FOF and their […]