Are there cooperatives or other community-based organizations?
In a lot of villages there are organizations oriented towards the acquisition of peanuts. There are also cooperatives but they too work in peanuts. I don’t know other organizations. What about agricultural organizations? These types of organizations exist in villages and are generally oriented towards providing services. I mean their labour (cultivating, harvesting, etc). For instance, men in the village can gather in an association and work for money. Women do the same. Are you a member of one of those associations? Yes I am a member of the association of my district. How does that type of association work? As I said, all services rendered by the association are paid for and the money is used for the needs of the district. For instance the village may ask for a certain amount of money from each district because that money is needed to buy, say, seeds. We take it from the association’s fund. How is the association organized? There is a chairman, a treasurer, an organizer who is in char
