Jardin Green Hope

Converting organic waste into quality natural fertilisers through innovative processes
2016 SAG-SEED Awards; SWITCH-Africa Green
Biodiversity
Kaya
Burkina Faso

Jardin Green Hope opens the way for an entirely new value chain of organic fertilisers, from the collection of organic waste by specially trained women to the sale to local farmers. Value is added to waste products through an innovative, efficient and non-polluting process. Partnerships with local food processing units ensure a continuous flow of raw materials, and the production capacity will be increased through the installation of an industrial plant.

Eco-Inclusive Impacts
The project creates green employment, e.g. through training women groups to collect and treat organic waste, thereby also reducing carbon emissions from their otherwise uncontrolled degradation.
  • Raising awareness in the community about the benefits of using biofertilisers for restoring local ecosystems.
  • Training community members, particularly women groups, to collect and treat organic waste.
  • Preserving water bodies by adding value to the water hyacinth.
  • Restoring soil fertility by tackling land degradation and water pollution.
  • Limiting greenhouse gas emissions while contributing to increased soil carbon sequestration.
  • Creating 35 to 40 permanent and 75 to 100 temporary jobs by 2019, at least 70 % of which will be occupied by women.
  • Offering a cheaper alternative to chemical fertilisers, allowing smallholders to increase their crop production and their revenues.

Partners

Jardin Green Hope uses innovative manufacturing processes to convert water hyacinths and organic waste into quality natural fertilisers. By adding value to organic waste, the company supplies farmers with cheaper inputs, allowing them to increase their revenues and regenerate their soils.

Jardin Green Hope SARL coordinates the main business activities of the enterprise and is in charge of administrative and financial aspects, and trials of the products.

Burex 3ea is the expert institution in charge of developing the chemical composition of the product, as well as quality management.

BUNASOL is the institution which certifies the products and provides support for the sensitisation campaigns among farmers.