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Training that doesn’t end
at the certificate.

A pathway from first lesson to working enterprise — practical instruction, shared equipment, incubation, market access, and follow-up long after the classroom closes.

THE PATHWAY STAGES

The pathway, stage by stage

The pathway, stage by stage

Each stage carries the participant into the next. Nothing is left as an isolated workshop.
01

Technical instruction

Sustainable agriculture, agroecology and agroforestry, adapted to the value chains that make sense locally.
02

Agribusiness training

The planning, management and marketing a real enterprise needs — not theory for its own sake.
03

Hands-on practice

Demonstration and experimentation sites where tools, inputs and equipment are shared rather than individually owned.
04

Incubation & mentoring

Support that turns a practiced skill into an actual economic activity.
05

Market orientation

Connections to suppliers, buyers and funders, so production has somewhere to go.
06

Post-training follow-up

Tracking whether what was learned is still being used months later — the stage most short-term programmes skip entirely.

IN 2025

Where the model met
the ground

Where the model met
the ground

North Kivu — around Goma

Populations displaced by conflict

599 people trained in flatbed and container gardening, and fifty young agripreneurs helped to formalise their businesses.

599

People trained

50

Businesses formalised
South Kivu — Nyantende

Schools and fish farming

193 students introduced to agroecological practice and fifty local farmers trained in pond management.

193

Students reached

50

Farmers in pond management
Kongo Central — Kisantu

Agroforestry bootcamp

An intensive bootcamp at the Kisantu Botanical Garden trained over fifty participants and seeded a local innovation club to sustain the work.

50+

Participants

1

Innovation club seeded

IN 2025

Where the model met
the ground

Where the model met
the ground

North Kivu — around Goma

Populations displaced by conflict

599 people trained in flatbed and container gardening, and fifty young agripreneurs helped to formalise their businesses.

599

People trained

50

Businesses formalised
South Kivu — Nyantende

Schools and fish farming

193 students introduced to agroecological practice and fifty local farmers trained in pond management.

193

Students reached

50

Farmers in pond management
Kongo Central — Kisantu

Agroforestry bootcamp

An intensive bootcamp at the Kisantu Botanical Garden trained over fifty participants and seeded a local innovation club to sustain the work.

50+

Participants

1

Innovation club seeded

IN 2025

Urban agriculture

Urban agriculture

More than twenty young people directly employed in vegetable production, feeding demand in neighbourhoods affected by supply disruptions elsewhere in the food system.

20+

WORKING CONDITIONS

Working conditions

Working conditions


All of this, we do amidst ongoing armed conflict in eastern DRC, which disrupted activities in Goma, Bukavu and Uvira through 2025. The team adapted rather than paused — prioritising participant safety while keeping the core programme running.

All of this, we do amidst ongoing armed conflict in eastern DRC, which disrupted activities in Goma, Bukavu and Uvira through 2025. The team adapted rather than paused — prioritising participant safety while keeping the core programme running.