Centre Sahélien pour la Biodiversité
Head office: Pelengana-Nord, Ségou, Mali biodivsaheliencentre@gmail.com
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The Centre Sahélien in pictures

Training, plots, livestock and production units: the centre’s work in the field in Ségou.

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Market Gardening and Seeds

22 photos

  • A participant in a vest carries a tray of seedlings among banana plants
    Seedlings ready for transplanting. Photo: Traore Abdramane
  • A trainer and participants lean over tomato plants heavy with fruit
    Hands-on session among the tomatoes
  • Participants examine bunches of tomatoes on the vine
    Observing tomato plants
  • A woman crouches to work between rows of leafy plants
    Tending a market-gardening plot
  • A participant in a vest walks across a plot fitted with drip lines
    Drip-irrigated plot
  • Two people shape soil beds along a wall
    Preparing growing beds
  • Young seedlings in rows in a yellow plastic tray filled with potting mix
    Sowing in a reused tray
  • Three men talk in front of growing beds and maize plants
    Discussion in front of the crops
  • Two people inspect the plants on a plot lined with trees
    Observing a cultivated plot
  • Two participants in vests take notes facing cultivated ridges
    Taking notes at the edge of a plot. Photo: Traore Abdramane
  • Freshly picked maize cobs laid on the grass
    Maize harvest
  • Bags and calabashes filled with seeds of different varieties
    Peasant seeds
  • A young man in a vest carries two trays of seedlings on a plot
    Young seedlings ready for transplanting
  • A woman in a vest holds a tray of seedlings in front of banana plants
    Seedlings grown from peasant seeds
  • A group surrounds a participant presenting treatment equipment on a plot
    Hands-on pest management demonstration
  • Participants in coats and vests observe plants in rows, some bending to the ground
    Observing crops on a plot
  • A group gathers under a large tree around a speaker in a boubou
    Discussion in the shade of a tree
  • Some participants lean over plants while others watch
    Examining plants as a group
  • A participant in a vest watches a group examining plants on the ground
    Demonstration in front of participants
  • A group of participants in white coats stands in the middle of a plot
    Field session with the monitoring committees
  • Hands sort colourful seeds in a blue and green basin
    Sorting seeds in a basin
  • A participant bends down to transplant young seedlings on a cultivated bed
    Transplanting on a bed

Black Soldier Fly

32 photos

  • Five people in blue workwear hold trays and egg-laying boards
    The larvae production unit team. Photo: Traore Abdramane
  • Participants in vests around tables covered with basins and egg-laying boards
    Egg-laying structures prepared in the workshop
  • A row of gloved participants behind a table loaded with trays
    Workshop on egg-laying structures
  • A trainer handles egg-laying boards in front of participants who film
    Demonstration by a trainer
  • Gloved participants holding basins fitted with boards
    Setting up the egg-laying structures
  • Gloved hands spread the dark substrate of a larvae rearing tray
    Working the rearing substrate
  • Two participants mix substrate in a wheelbarrow
    Preparing the substrate
  • Gloved participants leaning over large basins, outdoors
    Working on the rearing trays
  • Participants in vests around a basin, near a decorated truck
    Handling the rearing basins
  • A large group in vests and white caps, with basins in the foreground
    Group of participants
  • Close-up of black soldier fly larvae on a sieve
    Black soldier fly larvae
  • Cloth-covered trays holding material that is drying
    Drying on sieves
  • Participants crouch to sort material spread on a tarpaulin
    Hands-on sorting on a tarpaulin
  • Participants sieve a fine material over basins
    Sieving during the hands-on course
  • Three participants in vests show their certificates
    End-of-course certificates
  • Participants in vests listen to a speaker seated on a veranda
    Instructions before the hands-on session
  • A group in vests and caps poses behind a work table covered with wooden egg-laying boards
    Hands-on session: making egg-laying boards
  • Participants in vests work together on making the egg-laying structures
    Making egg-laying boards as a group
  • Participants assemble wooden slats on a table
    Assembling the egg-laying structures
  • Participants wearing gloves handle material in a basin
    Handling the rearing material
  • Gloved hands sort larvae in a basin
    Handling larvae during a hands-on session
  • A man presents a certificate to a participant in a vest, in front of a blue door
    Presenting a certificate to a participant
  • Participants in vests and masks sieve a fibrous material over basins
    Sieving the substrate during a hands-on session
  • Close-up of larvae on a drying rack
    Black soldier fly larvae on a drying rack
  • Three participants in vests show their end-of-course certificates
    Three participants with their certificates
  • Participants in vests handle substrate in large pots, outdoors
    Working substrate in pots
  • Frames holding material that is drying, laid on the ground
    Drying on cloth-covered frames
  • Participants crouch to sort material spread on a tarpaulin
    Group sorting on a tarpaulin
  • Participants in vests surround a basin, near a decorated truck
    Handling a rearing basin
  • A man presents a certificate to a participant in a vest in a corridor
    Presenting a certificate after the session
  • A large group in high-visibility vests holds up certificates in front of the centre’s buildings
    Group photo at the end of the session
  • Participants in vests and caps sit in a circle listening to a speaker in red
    Discussion in the shade of the veranda

Bio-inputs and energy

19 photos

  • Three participants show eco-friendly charcoal briquettes in their hands
    Eco-friendly charcoal
  • Gloved participants pour a mixture into a blue drum among the crops
    Hands-on session around a drum
  • A group in vests around a blue drum, one participant holding a bucket
    Group work around a drum
  • Participants in coats and gloves prepare a mixture in a basin
    Preparing a mixture
  • A group with raised arms around a large compost heap covered with straw
    Compost heap
  • Gloved participants spread dry leaves on a plot
    Adding organic matter
  • Participants in coats spread dry leaves on the ground
    Spreading leaves on a plot
  • Gloved hands sort substrate in crates
    Sorting the substrate
  • Three people in vests shovel a pile of soil near a building
    Preparing soil
  • A table displaying bio-inputs, bottles and tubs, in front of a Bio-intrants banner
    Presentation of bio-inputs
  • A participant in colourful clothes leans towards a bucket, in front of an audience seated in a semicircle
    Demonstration in front of participants, in the shade of the trees
  • A participant in a vest stirs the contents of a yellow bucket, surrounded by standing participants
    Preparing a bio-input in a bucket
  • Two participants in vests lean over a bucket placed on a black tarpaulin
    Mixing in a bucket on a tarpaulin
  • Participants in vests lean together over a yellow bucket
    Group work around a bucket
  • A participant handles a small container in front of a pile of brown material on a tarpaulin
    Measuring and preparing the material
  • Participants in coats and vests watch a participant working on a black tarpaulin
    Hands-on bio-input production session
  • A man and a woman handle the contents of a bucket, near a pile of brown material
    Mixing by hand in a bucket
  • Participants in vests and coats follow the demonstration, a participant in the foreground
    Explanations around the tarpaulin
  • Participants in coats and vests smile, one of them filming with a phone
    Attentive participants at the end of the session

Tree Growing

4 photos

  • A participant digs at the foot of a young shrub, watched by a group
    Planting practice
  • A trainer bends down to work the soil among young seedlings, surrounded by participants
    Demonstration in front of a group
  • A man in a vest leans over young shrubs near a mesh shelter
    Caring for young trees
  • Two people handle a young seedling in a bag on a table
    Handling a young seedling

Livestock and fish farming

2 photos

  • A woman farmer holds lettuces next to a man showing a tray of eggs
    Farm produce
  • A lined pond full of water, with a man leaning over the edge
    Fish pond

Éco-Leaders camp

4 photos

  • Two participants in reflective vests mix soil in an orange wheelbarrow
    Preparing substrate at the Éco-Leaders camp
  • Two participants in vests note their observations at the edge of cultivated beds
    Taking notes at the Éco-Leaders camp
  • Five participants in blue overalls sieve and sort material around a shrub
    Hands-on peasant agroecology workshop
  • Participants in vests work the soil on growing beds
    Working the growing beds

National Agroecology Strategy

5 photos

  • Visitors watch participants preparing bio-inputs under a shelter
    Immersion visit by the National Agroecology Strategy
  • Visitors examine a production installation under a mesh structure
    Visit to the bio-input unit
  • A visitor lets material from a production tub run through his hands
    Observing a bio-input in production
  • Visitors talk around production tubs and bags
    Discussions around the production tubs
  • A group poses in the centre’s courtyard under a banner on agroecology
    Group of visitors and centre staff

Practical forum on agroecology

11 photos

  • Three men seated in an office sitting room
    Members of the delegation before the meeting
  • Two seated men take notes, with a Malian flag behind them
    Taking notes during the meeting
  • A group of nine people poses in front of a Malian flag
    Group photo with the delegation
  • Portrait of a participant in colourful clothes, seated in a sitting room
    A participant during the meeting
  • Three seated people, two of them taking notes
    Discussion with the delegation in a sitting room
  • Four people pass a bound document to one another during the handover
    Handing over the recommendations document
  • Six people in traditional dress pose in front of a Malian flag
    Group photo at the end of the meeting
  • Two seated men write on sheets of paper
    Taking notes during the audience
  • Five people pose together, holding the recommendations document
    Handing over the document in front of the flag
  • Two men shake hands in front of a Malian flag
    Handshake as the recommendations are handed over
  • Participants seated in a sitting room, one person holding a bag
    Discussion during the meeting

National Week of Agroecology

2 photos

  • A tray of black soldier fly larvae and black residue
    Participatory development workshop: presentation of insect meal. Photo: Soudan Infos
  • Visitors look at the products displayed on the centre’s stand
    Visit to the centre’s stand at the National Week of Peasant Agroecology. Photo: Soudan Infos

Products

2 photos

  • Bag of chick starter feed from the Centre Sahélien pour la Biodiversité
    Chick starter feed made with BSF larvae meal (20 kg bag)
  • Bag of fish larvae feed from the Centre Sahélien pour la Biodiversité
    Fish larvae feed made with BSF larvae meal (20 kg bag)

Life at the centre

6 photos

  • A group in vests listens to a trainer among the crops
    Training on a plot
  • Seated participants in vests listen to a speaker
    Discussion indoors
  • A group of participants in vests and caps poses in front of a building
    Gathering in front of the centre
  • A group poses on steps, certificates in hand
    Presentation of certificates
  • A group of participants in vests poses with certificates in front of the centre’s buildings
    Presentation of certificates after a hands-on session
  • Five trainees in blue overalls around trays and wooden slats
    Trainees in a workshop. Photo: Traore Abdramane