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.