CompletedCommunity developmentCuvette2020–2023
Women’s cooperatives in Cuvette
Eight women’s cooperatives now process gnetum leaves, honey and nuts and sell them in Owando and Brazzaville markets.
Context
Forest products used to be sold raw, cheaply, to middlemen.
Objectives
- Create stable income for women
- Strengthen collective management and bookkeeping
Area of intervention
Around Owando, Cuvette department
Beneficiaries
Indigenous and rural women and their households
Actions
- Processing and hygiene training
- Dryers and packaging
- Linking with buyers
Results
- Cooperatives self-sufficient after the project ended
Key figures
- cooperatives
- women members
Provisional figures, being verified.
Gallery
Project partners
- AFD
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