In this Episode Mariko speaks with Fatou Doumbia from Mali.  Fatou was in our first Moringa Course 7 years ago.  She has been devoted to her work in her home country of Mali where she is working with local Women in creating greater sources of income and independence.  They are growing Moringa for supporting their own health and vitality, and have also created a business making purses from their local textile designs, called DjimiDjama.  Fatou and Mariko speak about her projects and the importance of creating new business models that are locally focused first.

In this episode:


Solutions to food insecurity in Africa
The importance of empowering Women in Mali
How Fatou found out about Moringa
How she included Moringa to fight malnutrition 
Challenges and successes of growing Moringa in Mali
Creating DjimiDjama as another business for the local women
Meanings of some of the textile patterns used for purses
Local market focus
New business model
Looking to Africa for models of sovereignty and crisis response


Connect with Fatou and her work!
Website: 
https://djimidjama.com/
Non-Profit:
http://bit.ly/AgileFood
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