Municipal Composting in Senegal

Very briefly I wanted to mention I'm going to Senegal to set up a small municipal composting facility.

The project will be in partnership with a demonstration farm, Fankanta, outside of Dakar:



Which is run by Lamine Diawara, (on the right in red):


To provide compost to farmers in the region.



Farmers in Senegal often rely on synthetic fertilizers like urea, which although effective in the short run, are detrimental to soil health. Furthermore, while urea is relatively cheap for farmers in the US, it is an enormous expense for farmers in Senegal. Compost would help farmers improve soil fertility without having to rely so heavily on these synthetic fertilizers. All the organic waste that households produce is thus a valuable resource that is just waiting for the infrastructure to render it useable for farmers.

Stay tuned for more updates!