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Sankara's Sister Turns a Burkina Farm Into a Peasant Seed Bank

by Association Yelemani · HQ 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

#seeds#regenerative-agriculture#food-security#education
0editions (2024-2026)Editions of the 'De la graine à la table' farmer seed fair heldas of 2026-05-23

Yelemani, led by Blandine Sankara (sister of Thomas Sankara), runs an agroecology farm at Loumbila near Ouagadougou. Its community seed bank on the Loumbila site was inaugurated on 8 March 2024 during the first 'De la graine à la table' seed fair. The third edition, held 21 to 23 May 2026, focused on community seed banks and ended with a roadmap to link farmer seed banks to school gardens and to create a national catalogue of peasant seeds. A fair is planned each year from 2026 to 2028.

Sidwaya: 3rd seed fair at Loumbila ↗AllAfrica: Burkina seed fair coverage ↗
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