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In remote villages of northeastern Burkina Faso families are using and selling vegetables and dairy products well past gardening and milk-production seasons thanks to some simple methods being promoted by NGO Eau Vive.
The techniques allow people to preserve for longer, and do more with, the food they have. Eau Vive’s European Union-backed project, which is being reviewed at a forum 27-29 July in Dori in Burkina’s Sahel region, also includes training women to monitor children’s nutritional status and teaching health and hygiene to fellow villagers.
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For Juste Hermann Nansi, the head of Eau Vive in Burkina Faso, education and proper use of local foods, along with improved roads and access to water and sanitation, constitute the only path out of recurrent nutrition crises. “The repeated emergency responses from outside, every time a community faces a difficult year, undermine rural communities’ local strategies and capacity.”
This IRIN slideshow looks at how people are using available foods to improve health and livelihoods.
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