THE NEED FOR UK ACTION ON GLOBAL HUNGER - Enough Food IF

caSe StuDy‘thiS jatropha project haS ruineD my Life.i have nothing noW.’This is the story of 34-year-old yayadiallo*, who agreed to plant thebiofuel crop jatropha on her farm insenegal. The foreign company hassince left the area but she is stillsuffering from the consequences ofthe jatropha project.‘when the jatropha project camehere... men, women and the youngwere involved in the project and wewere paid three dollars a day. wewere asked to grow jatropha on ourfarms. I planted jatropha on my farmwhere I used to grow groundnuts.In previous years my harvests weregood; I used to have 1,100kg ofgroundnuts. with these groundnuts,I cooked for my family and sold therest to be able to buy school suppliesfor my children. but when I grewjatropha, my groundnut productiondecreased to 300kg. now, I am facinga lot of difficulties, My children andI are hungry and I don’t have moneyto buy them school supplies. eventhe small grocery shop that I openedis closed now; I sold all the groceriesand used the money to buy food,but this was not enough for me tosurvive. I am still supported by mybrothers and sisters.‘This project has ruined my life.I have nothing now, and [food]prices are so high, I cannot affordto buy rice or maize to eat withmy children.’since yaya gave this testimony toactionaid, yaya’s son did not enrol inschool in october 2012 because shedid not have the money to supporthis education.*This is not her real nameActionAid for the IF campaign47