Kitchen utensils in hand, a woman is busy in the kitchen concocting a dish rooted in local culture: bean leaves tô, served with a by a balanite leaves sauce and smoked fish. Her name is Aziza SAWADOGO. Caterer by profession and cook by passion. Behind her love of cooking lies a family history: as aRead More

The Boulmiougou dam, located in the city of Ouagadougou, plays an important role in supplying water to one of the city’s largest vegetable producing sites. However, this dam is now threatened by progressive silting. The accumulation of sand and other waste, considerably reduces its water retention capacity, endan

“Babenda” is a traditional dish from Burkina Faso. Made from leaves, rice, groundnut powder and “soumbala”, it has become one of the country’s most emblematic dishes over the years. This blend of ingredients is simmered to produce a dish that is nutritious, flavoursome and deeply rooted in

Germain TASSEMBEDO has been farming a 3.5-hectare field in Koubri (Burkina Faso) for 26 years, producing cabbage, chillies, maize and, more recently, wheat. As head of the Teeltaba cooperative, it was through a friend that he discovered the Support programme for the promotion of agricultural entrepreneurship, Phase 2 (

Korean chicken takes centre stage in this episode of Agri Food. This emblematic South Korean street food dish has a unique flavour and a crispy texture. The finely cut chicken is marinated in spices, coated in yellow corn flour and then fried. With an estimated preparation time of between 20 and 25 minutes, this dish Read More

The Sondré-East pastoral zone is located in the province of Zoundwéogo, in the Centre-South region of Burkina Faso. Covering an area of more than 14,000 hectares, this pastoral zone had no land title, despite the decree creating it in February 2000. In December 2023, the MODHEM+/ DDC project, financed by the Swiss Co

Trained as a teacher, Djéneba PILABRÉ gave up everything to devote herself to her entrepreneurial project: fish farming. This project, long nurtured in collaboration with her father, took on a special dimension after his death. Djéneba decided to perpetuate his memory by carrying out this project. Today, Djéneba PI

The aim of the Agropastoral and Fisheries Offensive is to produce 100,000 tonnes of fish by 2025. Since 2023, floating cages have been installed on five dams to achieve this objective and meet fish consumption needs. This initiative is benefits several sections of Burkina Faso society, such as Jacob NAGOUANDE, an inter

Mathias BARRO grew up alongside his mother in the processing industry. So, it was natural that he wanted to follow in her footsteps by launching his own business. In 2019, Mathias BARRO set up “Merveille Production du Kénédougou”, a company specialising in cassava processing. The company offers a wide ran

Trained as a teacher, Djéneba PILABRÉ gave up everything to devote herself to her entrepreneurial project: fish farming. This project, long nurtured in collaboration with her father, took on a special dimension after his death. Djéneba decided to perpetuate his memory by carrying out this project. Today, Djéneba PI

Mathias BARRO grew up alongside his mother in the processing industry. So, it was natural that he wanted to follow in her footsteps by launching his own business. In 2019, Mathias BARRO set up “Merveille Production du Kénédougou”, a company specialising in cassava processing. The company offers a wide ran

As an onion producer, Assami SINO does more than just grow them. Aware of the profitability of his product, he has also started marketing it. His ambition? To develop his business. To achieve this goal, Assami SINO received support from the Support Programme for the Promotion of Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Phase 2 (

Patrick COMPAORÉ is a financier by profession who has always had a passion for livestock farming, particularly pig farming. In 2023, he decided to turn this passion into reality by creating “Ferme Lucie”. Located around fifty kilometres from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, “Ferme Lucie” offers a w

Bruno SIMPORÉ, who comes from a family of pig sellers, naturally followed in his parents’ footsteps by taking up this profession. For the past 20 years, his morning ritual has remained unchanged: he goes out into the villages to buy pigs. He resells some of them, and reserves the rest to make oven-baked pork. Th

Issaka ZIDA has been a passionate vegetable gardener from an early age. The son of a farmer, he always wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps: work the land to feed himself. On his two-hectare plot of land, Issaka ZIDA grows onions, cabbage, tomatoes, eggplants, sorrel and many other vegetables. When he start

Béranger KAFANDO began his entrepreneurial career at high school, selling phone top-up cards. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree, he decided to go into breeding, and more specifically chick production. This is how his company “ELKAF Élevage” came into being. Béranger KAFANDO attaches great i

Siata TRAORÉ heads the “Lagm-taaba” cooperative, which has over a hundred members. For more than seven years, this cooperative has been processing ginger into juice, powder, pastilles, etc. Siata TRAORÉ’s beginnings were marked by many challenges. Thanks to her courage and determination, she was abl

After the death of his parents, Joseph OUÉDRAOGO was forced to leave school, as he had no one to take care of him. He turned to livestock farming, a skill passed down from his father. Joseph OUÉDRAOGO began his entrepreneurial adventure with two sheep. One thing led to another and he managed to buy aRead More

With a degree in Transport and Logistics, François OUÉDRAOGO didn’t see himself in the world of employment. He wanted getting into entrepreneurship, because his motivation was to create jobs and contribute to the development of his country. So François OUÉDRAOGO started out selling eggs, then gradually turned

Amidou NIKIEMA is proud to be a vegetable gardener. Although he didn’t have the chance to go to school during his childhood, that hasn’t stopped him from finding fulfilment. A fervent fan of ecological agriculture, Amidou NIKIEMA uses environmentally-friendly methods such as organic fertiliser, neem oil and