Burkina Faso

Currently, we are running our Sustainable rice programme, and our Good Food for Cities programme in the cities of Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou.

Sustainable Rice programme highlights for 2023

An ECOWAS rice observatory national chapter, the ONAR-BRF, has been established and has designated the SRP standard as the primary tool for promoting sustainable rice production in its action plan. Rikolto will continue to support the interprofessional rice body CIRB in its advocacy efforts and in setting up a body to monitor implementation of the action plan. The volume of rice sold on the market increased by 60%, reaching 16,850 tonnes, including both white rice and parboiled rice processed by the franchisees of women parboilers.

Good Food for Cities programme highlights for 2023

We helped develop a shared vision for the future of the Green Belt up to 2040 through a multi-stakeholder process involving key stakeholders in Ouagadougou. Rikolto, in partnership with La Saisonnière and Association Beoneere, has trained 332 people (of which 310 are women) in agro-ecological practices, market gardening and the production of bio-inputs within the Green Belt. In addition, Rikolto launched a multi-stakeholder process on food system governance in the city of Ouagadougou, in partnership with the municipality. In Bobo Dioulasso, we launched a GoodFood@School pilot with 5 schools where we started by engaging the school community.