Burkina Faso Country Platform

Proli-GEAFaSa rapport / report 2020

Ce rapport du projet de Promotion de l’innovation locale en Gestion de l’Eau dans l’Agriculture Familiale au Sahel (Proli-GEAFaSa) a pour but de partager sur l’avancement de la mise en œuvre des activités au cours de la première année. Ce projet financé par Misereor vise à améliorer la gestion de l’eau en agriculture familiale au …

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2020 quarterly reports on Proli-GEAFaSa project

Rapports trimestriels sur le projet Proli-GEAFaSa 2020 Ces rapports portent sur les activités qui ont été mise en oeuvre au cours des trois premiers trimestres de l’Année 1 du projet de 3 ans « Promotion de l’Innovation Locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au Sahel » (Proli-GEAFaSa), qui a démarré en janvier …

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FaReNe map “Research to impacts” 2015-19

The McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crops Research Program made a one-page “Research to Impacts Map” to describe the achievements of the FaReNe project in the first phase (2015–19). It summarises the project as follows: “The project aims to strengthen and support farmer-led research networks in which smallholders lead joint experimentation for agroecological intensification (AEI) building on …

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Rapport annuel 2019 / Annual report 2019

Au cours de l’année 2019, la Plateforme Pays (PP) du Burkina Faso a continué à renforcer son fonctionnement à travers les organes de gouvernance mis en place au cours de l’année précédente. La PP a poursuivi également la mise en œuvre des projets Proli-FaNS (Promouvoir l’innovation locale pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle) et FaReNe …

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Nouveau projet sur la gestion de l’eau en agriculture familiale / New project on water management in family farming

  Quelques participants à l’atelier de lancement de Proli-GEAFaSa / Some participants in the Proli-GEAFaSa inception workshop (Photo: AgriBio Services) Du 7 au 9 décembre 2019 s’est tenu au Centre Mampuya à Toubab Dialaw au Sénégal l’atelier de lancement du projet Proli-GEAFaSa (Promotion de l’innovation locale dans la Gestion de l’Eau en Agriculture Familiale au …

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PID on local biopesticide innovation / DPI sur un biopesticide innovatif au Burkina Faso

A group of women who grow and sell vegetables in northern Burkina Faso faced a problem with insect attacks. Because chemical pesticides are costly and possible dangerous, the women sought a non-chemical solution. Through their own experimentation, they developed a natural pesticide, called “goama”, using various locally available plants, which proved effective in controlling the …

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PID, LISFs & farmer-network experiences in agroecological intensification in Burkina Faso

The Farmer-led Research Network (FaReNe) project is a joint project of Prolinnova partners in Burkina Faso and Mali with financial support from the McKnight Foundation and technical support from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), host of the Prolinnova international secretariat. It looks at how best to organise and use farmer-led innovation approaches, such as Participatory …

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Exploring local innovation in animal health

In May 2018, Swiss scientists from TPA (Tropical and Public Health Institute) made a quick inventory of some local innovations in animal health treatments in Burkina Faso and Ghana with a view to studying their effectiveness in terms of health and productivity. TPA and the Prolinnova platforms in the two countries are exploring possible collaboration, focusing on anti-parasitic and …

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Prolinnova–Burkina Faso annual report / rapport annuel 2017

In 2017, the Country Platform in Burkina Faso continued to implement joint projects. It also made progress in reorganising how the platform functions, but efforts are still needed to make the platform more dynamic. See the annual report in French below. La Plateforme Pays du Burkina Faso a continué en 2017 avec la mise en …

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Exchange visit to Mali between FaReNe project partners

For better sharing of experiences about farmer innovation, facilitating joint experimentation, setting up farmer innovator networks and managing Local Innovation Support Funds, an exchange visit between Burkina Faso and Mali was held on 6–8 October 2017 in the villages of Zeimbougou Mangoni, Nampasso, Kanouala, Nabougou and Nayo (Mali). The delegation from Burkina was made up …

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