In 2011, twelve rural women's organizations from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Senegal came together to declare We Are the Solution.

The instigators of NSS draw on the farming practices and knowledge held by their ancestors for generations to promote family farming through agroecology, to bring the lessons of this work to powerful decision-makers and to promote better agricultural governance.

Today, the idea has spread throughout the region, gaining the approval and participation of rural women's associations in West Africa. Building on this momentum, SSN is proud to promote its vision of an Africa where rural women assume decision-making roles and grow, process, sell and consume the products of family farming, while promoting sustainable development.