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Quadruple Harvests

Djelika Diarra in Sanambele, Mali recently bought a packet of hybrid tomatoes for 8,500. This packet contains about 700 seeds (3g) and when she received it during delivery she was visibly disappointed because it was so small and she had saved a lot of her hard earned money. One of her friends also bought a packet, but hers was onions, which is only 4500 CFA and it 25g. At one point she held up the two bags to compare them and was definitely upset. However, the vegetable agent, Assitan Traore convinced her to follow the method and trust that each tomato seed will produce a lot of fruit yet each onion seed will only make one onion.  She trusted the method and has now harvested her tomatoes 4 times and sold the harvest for a total of 50,000 CFA.

She said that she is very happy that she didn’t give up and worked with Assitan. She said that she (herself) can sometimes be in a bad mood and not want to work, but that Assitan is patient and helps her every step of the way. She is already asking when she can enrol for the next package.

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