{"id":18223,"date":"2026-06-20T13:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/a-youth-agripreneurs-journey-from-benin-to-the-global-market\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:50:45","slug":"a-youth-agripreneurs-journey-from-benin-to-the-global-market","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/a-youth-agripreneurs-journey-from-benin-to-the-global-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Le parcours d'un jeune agrientrepreneur du B\u00e9nin vers le march\u00e9 mondial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rose-from-Benin--scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33141 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rose-from-Benin-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"704\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rose-Marie Mingninou, a determined agricultural sciences\u2019 graduate, was never destined for a traditional career. 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Her first production run resulted in significant losses, a setback that could have easily derailed her ambitions. However, Rose-Marie&#8217;s resilience shone through. She refined her business strategy, improved her processes, and pressed on with renewed determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Rose-Marie is steadily working to establish a thriving agro-processing industry. Her goal is to become a key player in the import and export of value-added agricultural products from Benin to the global market, showcasing the quality and innovation of African agripreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rose-Marie&#8217;s story is a testament to the power of the ENABLE-TAAT program and its mission to train, support, and empower a new generation of African youth to lead agricultural transformation across the continent. Her success highlights the immense potential of young agripreneurs to build robust and resilient food systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Contributed by Welissa Mulei<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rose-Marie MINGNINOU, a determined graduate with a degree in Agricultural Sciences, was never destined for a traditional career.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":18224,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[116],"location":[26],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[203],"class_list":["post-18223","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program-value-chains-markets-and-agribusiness-vcma","location-benin","hub-western-africa","item-year-203"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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