🌱 Why are we raising funds for Aménopé Farm?

Amenope Farm, created in 2020 in Agou-Nyogbo (Togo), is much more than a simple agricultural operation: it is a place of living, learning and regeneration.

Our mission is clear: bring degraded soils back to life, strengthen food security, preserve biodiversity and pass on permaculture knowledge to future generations.

Faced with Togo's challenges: land erosion, climate change, food dependence, lack of opportunities for young rural people, we offer an alternative: A permaculture school integrated into the farm, to train farmers, entrepreneurs and local communities in sustainable, profitable methods adapted to the tropical climate.

I am Stéphane Walger, French, certified in permaculture, fell in love with Togo during a first visit in 2018.

Seduced by the richness of its lands and the warmth of its inhabitants, I decided to devote my life there.

After acquiring the land in 2020, I created, with Yaovi Galey: AMÉNOPÉ an Ewe word which means “where man can live”. Since then, we have designed a forest garden, food crops, open-air breeding, raw earth buildings and solar installations.

But we want to go further: make Aménopé Farm a reference center in West Africa for agroecology and resilience.

Why is this project important to us? 💚

Faced with the ecological and social emergency, we have a deep conviction: West Africa can be a land of abundance, dignity and resilience.

We reject the inevitability of erosion, food dependence, rural unemployment and forced migration. We affirm that other paths exist: those of permaculture, agroecology, cooperation and knowledge sharing.

This is why we want to build the Aménopé Permaculture School, a reference center in West Africa. A place where farmers and young people, researchers and artisans, artists and builders meet. A place where we learn to regenerate soil, nourish communities, build with materials from the earth and live in harmony with nature.

We have three clear commitments:

Caring for the Earth, cultivating systems that restore fertility, protect water and celebrate biodiversity.

Taking care of Humans, by passing on skills, creating dignified jobs and nourishing bodies and minds.

Share fairly, so that knowledge and harvests circulate and benefit everyone.

We believe that the future of Africa does not depend on dependence on imported inputs, but on regained autonomy. We believe in the strength of roots, the wisdom of traditions and the power of local innovation.

Amenope will be a school, but also a symbol: that of a standing generation, which chooses to sow life instead of suffering the crisis.

We call on all those who share this vision to join us. Because it is together that we can bring about a fertile, just and sustainable future.

Forecast budget:

33 000 000 fcfa either: 50 800 euros