Henna stages comeback in Senegal
The virtues of Henna (Lawsonia inermis) are well known as a beauty product (colouring for hair, hands and feet) and as a curative (treating cuts and grazes, and skin diseases). It is also used as a colorant in cloth and some traditional food recipes. The dried and powdered leaves of the henna plant are widely used in Africa. But its cultivation has been shrinking of late in, for example, the Thies region of Senegal. Ndane Sylla's womenÕs group decided to take up production as a way to finance their small trading and market gardening. Good thinking, since the first year's two harvests could not satisfy demand. Profits were used as credit for the group's activities. All this is thanks to the judicious preparations made by the women of Ndane Sylla, who successfully submitted a business plan to the Africa 2000 network for funding. They held a training session in a neighbouring village where people have long grown henna. They now have so many clients that their business can now flourish without external support. Ms Adja Sagar Gningue President UGAPS/KBP 06 Khombole Thiès, Senegal
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1999
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48562 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99585 |
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