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Senegal's Convivium farmers to revive pre-colonial crops

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A number of farmers and business people in Senegal have formed a movement called Convivium to revive farming methods from the pre-colonial period. 

Convivium movement lays out a selection of grains and seeds traditionally grown in Senegal and West Africa before rice was introduced as a cash and food crop.
Convivium movement lays out a selection of grains and seeds traditionally grown in Senegal and West Africa before rice was introduced as a cash and food crop. Emmanuelle Landais
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The group will help farmers grow crops that used to be cultivated, but which disappeared during the colonial era when cash crops like rice were encouraged.

Emmanuelle Landais has this report.

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