ECOVA Mali Information

ECOVA stands for: Economic and Ecological Viability through Agriculture. ECOVA MALI hires local experts to provide "hands-on" agricultural training, as well as instruction on business planning, basic accounting, and marketing to Malian farmers. ECOVA MALI also provides start-up capital in the form of micro-loans and mini-grants for the creation and development of worker-owned and managed, sustainable agricultural enterprises based on principles of environmental and social responsibility. ECOVA MALI coordinates training sessions in response to specific requests from partner communities. Training activities take place primarily at our our permanent Training Center, which is 35 km west of Bamako, on the road to Siby. There we can accommodate groups of up to 16 participants. In the future we will also coordinate workshops at the community level throughout Mali.