Diversity, inclusion, and equity activities have focused on improving the lives of poor smallholder farmers in West Africa. In much of West Africa, women are typically responsible for planting and farming tasks such as weeding, harvesting, and post-harvesting crop processing. These are in addition to other household tasks such as collecting water, childcare, cooking, and fetching firewood, which could take up to 16 hours a day. Women hand plant maize using a short-handled hoe known as a “daba” by bending over and placing two seeds every 16 inches, which is tedious, backbreaking work. The introduction of a redesigned planter and small-scale forage chopper have saved time and labor. The women used the time saved to accomplish domestic tasks such as cooking, fetching water, childcare, and going to the market. Female farmers also reported having more time to tend to other initiatives, including incomes from other enterprises, such as processing shea butter and cashew nuts, to pay for schooling, food, clothing, and medical expenses. This work has enhanced food security and equity for women in West Africa. Also integrating a single-row crop planter with a manure/compost injector in Senegal. The work is demonstration-based, builds local capacity, is informed by applied research, and builds a collaborative network among MSU and Senegalese researchers, multiple government agencies, and NGOs.