Our Story
Growing up in rural Burkina Faso, our Founder, Madjalia Seynou, watched women farm through three months of rain and still buy grain at the market before the next season came. The problem was never effort. It was access to water, to healthy soil, and to markets. She founded FarmSahel in 2019 to close that gap, teaching regenerative agriculture to smallholder women farmers and equipping them to farm year-round.
Today FarmSahel partners with communities in Burkina Faso, where solar-powered wells, composting and tree planting have turned single-season plots into land that produces income all year.
MISSION - VISION - VALUES
Our Mission
To unlock the potential of Sahel communities to achieve economic freedom through sustainable permaculture.
Our Vision
Prosperous women farmers building a greener, food-secure Africa.
Our Values
Integrity
Every dollar entrusted to us is accounted for, and every result we report is one we can show you in the field. We would rather publish a smaller number that is true than a larger one that is not.
Inclusiveness
We work with the farmers development programs usually reach last: rural women with small plots, no title to their land, and no access to credit. Their circumstances are the reason we exist, not an obstacle to serving them.
Participation
The women in each village decide what gets planted, how the harvest is sold, and where the income goes. We supply training, water and inputs. They supply the judgment, and our volunteers and partners carry the rest of the work.
OUR FOCUS AREAS
Climate Resilience
Across semi-arid Sub-Saharan Africa, topsoil is disappearing faster than it can rebuild. We plant trees and grow living ground cover so the land holds water, shades crops and stops eroding. Farmers make their own bokashi compost on site, restoring fertility from what the farm already produces instead of buying it in.
Food Growth
Rain falls for three months. Farming stops for the other nine. Solar-powered wells and drip irrigation change that, letting women grow vegetables and fruit year-round. Combined with quality seed and regenerative training, families eat through the dry season and sell the surplus when prices are highest.
Community Development
Land and training are not enough without a market. Women organize into cooperatives, learn to price and sell what they grow, and use mobile tools to reach buyers beyond the village. They decide together what gets planted and where the income goes, so the work continues whether or not we are there.