The CAAS provides women with skills in sustainable agriculture and supports infrastructure projects that strengthen the surrounding region.
The CAAS is an agricultural training and production center located in southern Mali.
It provides women with training in sustainable agriculture and promotes the development of rural communities in the Mandé region.
In addition to a six-month basic course for around 60 to 80 trainees at a time, the center offers continuing education programs for women’s cooperatives and supports projects that foster village and regional development – including access to drinking water and solar energy, cooperatively managed community gardens, and the construction of schools.
In the school garden, picturesquely located on the edge of the Mandingo Mountains, the trainees learn all aspects of small-scale horticulture – from laying out the beds to planting and
Over the past weeks, herbs were harvested and processed at the CAAS agricultural operation. Lemongrass, basil, and kinkeliba, which is used as an herbal tea, were sorted, cut, gently dried,
On 18 November 2025, a large delegation of the Salon International de l’Entrepreneuriat – AES 2025 visited the CAAS campus. The mission from Bamako consisted of around 65 official participants,
“I have seven garden beds in the community garden of Dissoumana. With the harvests, I contribute to feeding my family. I grow enough to sell some as well. I am very satisfied.”
Rokia Doumbia
“My name is Mariam Bah. I am 24 years old and part of the first class at CAAS. At the end of the training, we asked the director to help us obtain a garden for growing vegetables. Now, our mothers also use it. My mother and I have ten garden beds together. Last year’s onion harvest was so good that we still have supplies left. The garden helps all the women in the village. I assist the older women in preparing the beds, since I know how to do it. The skills I acquired at the center help me a lot. I also sell homemade ginger juice, bissap, and sour milk at the market.”
We would be grateful for your support in establishing more community gardens.
Every contribution counts!
