Rewild.Earth did the technology transfer in collaboration with Sahara Sahel Foods and Goni Boukar, University of Diffa / ONG Waraka.

Some of the women that participated were refugees who have fled from Boko Haram.

Rewild.Earth partner Sahara Sahel Foods (SSF) gave a Keynote presentation at 3rd Africa Drylands Week August 2016 in Windhoek, Namibia.

Google earth picture of the Field Station after 25 years of researching the direct seeding of Wild Perennial plants. The only input was seeds. No irrigation, fertilizer (organic or non-organic) or pesticide was used in a 225mm rainfall area with 45°C for 3 months and no rain for 8 months.

Since the 1900s, some 75 percent of plant genetic diversity has been lost as farmers worldwide have left their multiple local varieties and landraces for genetically uniform, high-yielding varieties.

The December 2011 issue’s cover of Scientific American presented 10 world changing ideas.