August 2, 2005
The American Center has granted 1,942,000 Guinea Francs ($500) to a Peace Corps Volunteer, Jordan Kimball, for the organization of an agroforestry training camp during the months of July and August 2005 for 10 Guineans (3 women and 7 men) in a pilot farm located in the village of Maleah Soso near Kindia.
The project will focus on teaching basic agroforestry skills and theory and practice of natural resource management. It will assist farmers in mastering agroforestry techniques such as managing orchards for the production of fruit and medicine, erosion control, building fences and fire walls, nitrogen fixing, cultivating species diversification, and soil and water preservation.
Agroforestry consists of a combination of agricultural and forestry techniques that create integrated systems of farming and land usage, resulting in a more varied, productive, and sustainable use of natural resources such as soil and water. Agroforesters plant trees and shrubs in areas where land is used for farming, pasturing, and grazing.
The Kindia training farm will sell its vegetables, fruits, eggs, poultry, honey, and traditional medical plants on the local market and in Kindia, with a view to extending into Conakry. Farmers who engage in the protecting of trees and shrubs with the agroforestry techniques they learn at the camp will benefit by diversifying sources of revenue and diet, greater agricultural productivity per surface area, and the protection of soil quality.
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The farm is located in the village of Maleah Soso, 5 miles from the crossroads of the Institute of Agricultural Research in Foulayah, Kindia.
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