When we visited him in July, Alpha was working in his peanut field. A 17-year-old student and second year myAgro farmer, Alpha makes the most of his school vacations by using the time to focus on farming, and encourages other young people to do the same.
“During the 3-month rainy season, young people don’t have anything to do,” he says, “Farming is a way to keep them busy while being helpful at the same time.”
Alpha lives in the Toubatoul district of Senegal with his parents, who are myAgro farmers as well. His sister, Codou, is the village’s myAgro vendor.
“Our living conditions have improved a lot since working with myAgro,” says Codou.
As a client of myAgro, Alpha is happy to work with his sister, because he knows myAgro vendors have an important job.
“I like working with my sister,” he says, “she goes around the village to get people to join this useful program, and this is pushing a lot of young people like me to enroll with myAgro.”
