(Source: President of the United States) President Barack Obama and USAID Administrator Raj Shah attend a Feed the Future Technology Marketplace in Dakar, Senegal, June 28, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) When I first got the idea back in 2008 that the women farmers like myself in central Senegal should join together to help one another succeed, I never would have guessed that five years later I would be sharing that story of success with the president of the United States. On June 28, I found myself before President Barack Obama himself, explaining to him how bringing my producers' network together with others in the Kaolack region and receiving...
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