When 62-year-old Marie-Hélène Yanapou-Poutia joined a local certified seed producer group in Paoua, Central African Republic, in 2019, she was searching for practical solutions to persistent low groundnut yields and limited access to high-quality farming inputs.
Successive crises in the Central African Republic have weakened public and private institutions, led to the destruction of social and educational infrastructure, and worsened people’s living standards.