Tag: poultry farming

Burkina Faso: A carpenter specialised in poultry cages

AgribusinessTV February 7, 2023 1228 No Comments

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After primary school, Hugues MINOUNGOU went to pursue professional training in carpentry. Following his eight-year apprenticeship, he started his own business by manufacturing furniture like others were doing. But the sales were low and he struggled to make a living. Through some online research, he discovered that in

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Burkina Faso: Poultry farming without chemicals

AgribusinessTV January 18, 2023 1182 No Comments

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Roland BOUDA learned breeding with his grandmother during holidays. Subsequently, he trained himself and followed online and face-to-face trainings. After the training, Roland went into poultry production. He thus created “Champion Agrobusiness” in Burkina Faso, with university aid granted by the National F

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Burkina Faso: A champion of smoked chicken

AgribusinessTV December 14, 2022 1148 No Comments

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After obtaining his baccalaureate in 2018, in Burkina Faso, Modibo Ben Idriss SOW began his studies in Law. While at University, he decided to venture into entrepreneurship and start poultry breeding. With the financial support received from his relatives, in addition to university aid, Modibo launched “Volaille

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Benin: From showbiz to poultry farming

AgribusinessTV April 26, 2022 1743 No Comments

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Fabrice COSSI is the promoter of Black Mix Food company in Benin which produces and markets poultry. Graduated in music production technique, Fabrice practiced this profession for 12 years before starting in poultry farming. His company makes chicks available to partner breeders and follows up until they are deployed o

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Tips: Why invest in the production of local poultry?

AgribusinessTV February 3, 2021 1613 No Comments

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Traditional small-scale poultry production systems in rural areas continue to play an important role in the development of the sector. This activity generates income, enabling producers to provide for their families. In this first episode of our series on tips for the production of local poultry, we meet poultry farmer

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Burkina Faso: A cooperative to boost the village poultry farming

AgribusinessTV August 31, 2020 1595 No Comments

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Rodolphe Zan forms a cooperative to help poultry farmers in Wayalgui to better organise themselves and take good care of their birds. This cooperative has received support from the iDEAL Burkina project through training on the use of ICTs, and allocation of computer equipment. “It was very beneficial because we w

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Burkina Faso : Catching up with Richard Mone

AgribusinessTV August 15, 2017 3444 1 Comment

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One year later, we went to visit Richard Moné on his farm in Loumbila, Burkina Faso. Richard is one of the first agricultural entrepreneur on whom Agribusiness TV did a video in 2016. “I think that as an entrepreneur, there is nothing more satisfying than an organisation such as Agribusiness TV comes to us to Read More

Banker and poultry farmer

AgribusinessTV June 20, 2017 2765 1 Comment

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Mouctar DIALLO has a Masters in audit and finance. For one year, he is managing a poultry farm of 3,500 chickens in Conakry. Poultry farming is not new to Mouctar. His mother was into this activity, but she later stopped when Mouctar went to Morocco for his studies. On his return, he decided to takeRead More

In the country of “bicycle chicken”

AgribusinessTV December 30, 2016 2991 No Comments

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Burkina Faso produces +34 million chickens every year. In the villages, almost all families rear chicken traditionally. “It’s an activity that can really help women to come out of poverty. The production of local chicken is not a busy activity. The chicken likes that we give a lot of attention to it, and we as Read More