Women Growing the Future
Across West Africa, women are reclaiming land, preserving seeds, and passing down knowledge that has sustained their communities for generations. They are growing food, restoring soil, and nurturing biodiversity while also cultivating resilience and autonomy for their communities.
They’re doing all this through Nous Sommes la Solution (“We Are the Solution”), where rural women farmers are joining together to restore ancestral knowledge of food production and land stewardship. Decades of industrial farming practices have led to soil depletion, loss of native seeds, and harmful economic outcomes throughout West Africa. In response, communities came together to form Nous Sommes la Solution (NSS), which now connects 175,000 women farmers across nine countries from Senegal to Mali, Ghana to Burkina Faso. Nous Sommes la Solution (NSS) is a powerful answer to farming practices and food systems that put profit before people. Their vision is simple: food systems led by women, rooted in local wisdom, and grounded in sovereignty.