MARIGO Cote Ivoire

The MARIGO project sets out

1. to perform a diagnosis of the peri-urban market gardening sector in Côte d'Ivoire
2. to generate multidisciplinary knowledge off the value chain, and
3. to steer stakeholders (producers, farmers, sellers and consumers) towards an agroecological transition that will secure healthy and sustainable production in a context of climate change.

The activities of the MARIGO project are

1. the establishment of a multi-stakeholder platform (producers, private partners, public authorities, civil society and consumers) to share information, identify innovative solutions based on the pooling of resources and seek a consensus for their implementation
2. the co-design of agroecological and resilient market garden production systems by sharing the knowledge gained from previous projects, multidisciplinary knowledge (plant and soil health, post-harvest quality) and innovations resulting from the project
3. support for the actors involved in the agroecological transition of market garden production systems through training and demonstration activities in schools, vocational training centres and pilot farms,
4. the strengthening of agroecological market gardening production systems through advocacy with public decision-makers, communication with civil society actors and the development of academic training modules
5. the evaluation of the environmental impact of these new agricultural practices through the monitoring of soil and plant health indicators and product quality and, finally,
6. the drawing up of a quality charter with a view to the national organic labelling of local products and farmers' networks.