Balkissa Daoura is a Pan-African environmentalist, food photographer, and Impact West Africa Fellow with Aspen Global Innovators. She is passionate and works on food sovereignty, cultural preservation, and environmental restoration across the Sahel with her native tree nursery based in Niamey.<\/p>\n
Balkissa\u2019s background in environmental engineering and climate change policy complements her creative pursuits as a food photographer and native recipe creator, preserving Africa\u2019s culinary and cultural heritage.
\nShe drives initiatives in urban forestry, agroecology, and native food systems collaborating with the Niamey City Council and the Network of Chambers of Agriculture of Niger. Balkissa hosts her podcast Kandili and broadcasts on community radios amplifying indigenous voices and advancing environmental justice in Hausa language. She brings nearly a decade of expertise in agroecology, permaculture, and climate policy to empower African communities through native and culturally rich food systems.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Balkissa Daoura est une environnementaliste panafricaine, photographe culinaire et membre Impact West Africa Fellow avec Aspen Global Innovators. Elle est passionn\u00e9e et travaille dans la pr\u00e9servation culturelle et la promotion de la souverainet\u00e9 alimentaire pour les communaut\u00e9s rurales ainsi que de la restauration des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes sah\u00e9liens avec sa p\u00e9pini\u00e8re d’esp\u00e9ces natives situ\u00e9e \u00e0 Niamey.<\/p>\n
Son parcours en ing\u00e9nierie environnementale et en politiques de lutte contre le changement climatique compl\u00e8te ses activit\u00e9s cr\u00e9atives en tant que cr\u00e9atrice de recettes traditionnelles, contribuant \u00e0 pr\u00e9server le patrimoine culinaire et culturel africain.
\nElle pilote des initiatives en foresterie urbaine, agro\u00e9cologie et syst\u00e8mes alimentaires autochtones, en collaboration avec le conseil municipal de Niamey et le R\u00e9seau des Chambres d’Agriculture du Niger. Balkissa anime son podcast Kandili et intervient sur des radios communautaires, donnant une voix aux peuples autochtones et d\u00e9fendant la justice environnementale en langue Haoussa. Avec pr\u00e8s d\u2019une d\u00e9cennie d\u2019expertise en agro\u00e9cologie, permaculture et politiques climatiques, elle \u0153uvre \u00e0 autonomiser les communaut\u00e9s africaines gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des syst\u00e8mes alimentaires enracin\u00e9s dans les traditions et riches en culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","focus_area":[],"expertise":[],"class_list":["post-2258","our_fellows","type-our_fellows","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our_fellows\/2258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our_fellows"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our_fellows"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"focus_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus_area?post=2258"},{"taxonomy":"expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expertise?post=2258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}