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The promotion of agroforestry in Benin’s protected forests is bearing fruit

01.06.2026

For over two years, the consortium comprising ECO Consult and Sol Consult Africa (SolCA) has been supporting the development of agroforestry systems in the agricultural zones of ten classified forests in Benin, as part of the ‘Benin Classified Forests Project (PFC-Benin)’. The aim is to establish models for sustainable land use and to encourage the integration of farmers into agroforestry production systems. At the request of the Project Management Unit under the Ministry of the Env [...]

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ProSOL Madagascar: Energizing video says farewell

03-02-2026 | Passionate about the farmer-to-farmer extension approach that ECO Consult has introduced and practised with great success in the Republic of Madagascar, ECO Consult's former international team leader Fabrice Lheriteau has now cast the project's experience into a video that is both emotionally and physically moving. The 3:15-min.-format features participating farmers of the "Paysans relais" methodology, commemorates the interventions' aims and achievements in a song, and anima [...]

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Project start in The Republic of Congo

08-01-2026 | Both a flashback and an outlook on exciting cooperations to come this year: In Ouesso, the regional capital of the department of Sangha, the new project office of TRIDOM was inaugurated last spring, by Prefect Mr Edouard Dénis Okouya in the presence of Mr Emmanuel Akouelakoum, President of the Departmental Council (middle). With Pierre Bissouekeme (left) as team leader, ECO Consult is partner to the implementation of biodiversity protection and [...]

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Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

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ECO's team Kenya presents new films for GIZ ProSoil

02-12-2025 | Three new films present the work of ECO/Sustainet for the GIZ project "Soil Protection and Rehabilitation of degraded Soils in Western Kenya".  A small patch of land or the content of a used water bottle can make the difference: Thanks to the project "Soil Protection and Rehabilitation of degraded Soils" Western Kenyan farmers are technically advised on how to improve soil fertility and secure their harvests against the effects of climate change. One line of action of the E [...]

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GPCYE visit to ECO Consult headquarters

04-11-2025 | ECO Consult Manager Martin Schweter (left) welcomed Salifu Mansaray (right beside) from Sierra Leone's National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA). Programm Manager Mansaray paid another visit to Germany, to invest into the quality management of the KfW project, by means of personal encounters and working sessions with ECO Consult founder Dr. Steve Sepp (2nd to the right) and backstoppers Dr. Jessica Preutenborbeck and Edgar Weber. The Pro-Poor Growth for Peace Consolidatio [...]

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