• Ougadougou University, Burkina Faso's oldest higher education institution, which is set to adopt LMD, has been rocked by crises going back to the late 1990s when student protests led to wasted or near-wasted years. (universityworldnews.com)
  • Following the conclusion of Burkina Faso's Second Validation, the EITI Board agrees that Burkina Faso has partly addressed the corrective actions from the country's first Validation. (eiti.org)
  • The Board takes note of Burkina Faso's plans to align the objectives of EITI implementation with its National Socio-Economic Development Plan (PNDES) and its first Open Government Partnership national action plan. (eiti.org)
  • While work has been undertaken to update the Decree establishing the roles and responsibilities of EITI, this had yet to be enacted in practice ahead of Burkina Faso's second Validation. (eiti.org)
  • In accordance with the EITI Standard, Burkina Faso's Steering Committee may request an extension of this timeframe, or request that Validation commences earlier than scheduled. (eiti.org)
  • In the joint communiqué issued at the end of the fourth meeting of the Joint Cooperation Commission held in Dakhla and co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, and his Burkina Faso counterpart, Olivia Ragnaghnewendé Rouamba, the head of Burkina Faso's diplomacy also reiterated Burkina Faso's "firm and constant" support for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco. (maroc.ma)
  • She stressed that the opening of a consulate general in Dakhla on October 23, 2020 is in line with Burkina Faso's historical position. (maroc.ma)
  • Roughly 20% of Burkina Faso's total land area is considered arable. (worldatlas.com)
  • The World Bank estimated that in 2007, roughly 20% of Burkina Faso's total land area was considered arable. (worldatlas.com)
  • Over Burkina Faso's history, some measures have been taken to improve the country's agricultural industry. (worldatlas.com)
  • One of Burkina Faso's most important crops is cotton which is primarily grown for the export market. (worldatlas.com)
  • Cotton in Burkina Faso gained prominence during the colonial period since the French colonial government realized the benefits that cotton could have to Burkina Faso's growing economy. (worldatlas.com)
  • Burkina Faso's cotton sector was too rigidly structured to cope with the volatility in the global cotton industry. (worldatlas.com)
  • Sorghum is one of Burkina Faso's most important subsistence crops since it is the nation's staple food. (worldatlas.com)
  • Minerals are some of Burkina Faso's most critical natural resources since they contribute significantly to the country's gross domestic product. (worldatlas.com)
  • Several experts believe that the mining industry has the potential to be one of Burkina Faso's most essential industries. (worldatlas.com)
  • On her two-day visit to country, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos met with Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore and other Government officials, with whom she discussed the Government's response plans and review the current efforts of humanitarian agencies based in the country. (newsblaze.com)
  • Earlier this this week, Ms. Amos and Burkina Faso's Minister for Territorial Administration, Security and Decentralization launched an appeal for $126 million dollars for dealing with the food and nutrition insecurity. (newsblaze.com)
  • If you want to know how to grow crops in the face of climate change, drought, and land degradation, ask Ousséni Kindo, Ousséni Zoromé, or Yacouba Sawadogo-three farmers in Burkina Faso's Yatenga region. (wri.org)
  • Attendees at the event-organized by the group Network for Participatory Approaches to Research and Planning ( Réseau MARP Burkina )-heard from several of Burkina Faso's farmers on how they produce food on degraded lands. (wri.org)
  • For example, Burkina Faso's farmers dig small holes or planting pits (called zaï ) on barren, degraded land and fill them with organic matter, adding nutrients to the soil where they sow their crops. (wri.org)
  • Re-greened land in Burkina Faso's Ranawa village. (wri.org)
  • US government subsidies have been blamed for crippling Burkina Faso's cotton industry. (newint.org)
  • Burkina Faso's parliament has just granted immunity from prosecution to President Blaise Compaore and all of the country's other presidents since independence. (newint.org)
  • Burkina Faso's economy was (and to a large degree, still is) dominated by cotton. (newint.org)
  • Burkina Faso's cotton industry has been crippled by massive US government subsidies for cotton farmers that serve to suppress the global price of cotton to levels so low that growing cotton even in impoverished Burkina Faso is barely viable. (newint.org)
  • The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday in violence-torn Burkina Faso's capital goes beyond that to also offer hope, and a symbol of endurance: In years of political strife and Islamic extremist attacks, which killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million in the West African country, it's never been canceled. (arabnews.com)
  • At least 70 soldiers were killed in two attacks earlier this month in Burkina Faso's Sahel region. (arabnews.com)
  • The briefing traces the rapid decline of Burkina Faso's cotton crop following the introduction of GM Bt cotton. (theecologist.org)
  • Yet within a few months Mali's entire product had been sold on the international market, while most of Burkina Faso's languished awaiting export. (theecologist.org)
  • The story of the decline of Burkina Faso's cotton points to a problem with the GM process in general - that of 'pleiotropic' effects, which means that the inserted GM gene influences other seemingly unrelated genes. (theecologist.org)
  • Meanwhile Burkina Faso's cotton companies have lost patience and have taken matters into their own hands. (theecologist.org)
  • Burkina Faso has been preparing for LMD for several years with varying degrees of success, reported Fasozine of Ouagadougou. (universityworldnews.com)
  • In our opening video, Sanou brings us to the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, for an exploration of the theme of Chrysalis. (foureyesproductions.co.uk)
  • Policy makers, researchers, and NGO representatives gathered earlier this year at a workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to discuss strategies on combating food insecurity and adapting to climate change. (wri.org)
  • The Veterinary Services of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, submitted 30 tracheal swab specimens and 10 organ samples collected in January 2017 in Burkina Faso to the World Organisation for Animal Health/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (Legnaro, Padova, Italy). (cdc.gov)
  • Gérard Niyondiko is an engineer and a social entrepreneur who came up with the MAÏA solution which is the first long-lasting mosquito-repellent ointment which has been developed with the Malaria Research and Training Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (who.int)
  • In the wake of the proposed sales, Endeavour adjusted its gold production forecast for its 2023 financial year down to between 1.06 to 1.14 million ounces from a previous forecast of 1.33m to 1.43 million oz. (miningmx.com)
  • Its distribution is exclusive to sub-Saharan West Africa in the savannas, particularly in Burkina Faso where it provides economic sustenance to rural women. (wikipedia.org)
  • A study of almost 200 farms in Uganda, funded by USAID and carried out by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), found that moderate use of mineral fertilizers could double banana production in East Africa and improve the lives of more than 70 million people dependent on the crop for food and income, the East African/allAfrica.com reports (Mande, 2/15). (kff.org)
  • In related news, Pana/Afrique en ligne reports that new maize varieties, developed by IITA and partners, could boost food security in West and Central Africa. (kff.org)
  • The Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice) is seeking a highly qualified Consultant who will be based in Burkina Faso. (cgiar.org)
  • Amanor, Kojo Sebastian (2019): Global Value Chains and Agribusiness in Africa: Upgrading or Capturing Smallholder Production? (mattersburgerkreis.at)
  • The economy of Burkina Faso, like most of the economies in Africa, is hugely dependent on its natural resources. (worldatlas.com)
  • According to research by the Food and Agricultural Organization cotton in Burkina Faso was likely introduced from two areas either the eastern section of Africa or from India . (worldatlas.com)
  • Wahgnion, which is located in the southwest portion of Burkina Faso, West Africa, is expected to produce 30,000 to 40,000 ounces of gold in 2019. (africaoutlookmag.com)
  • In 1989 the formation of the African Network for Rural Poultry Development (ANRPD) was proposed in an international workshop on rural poultry production in Africa at Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and this proposal was endorsed in 1990 in a seminar on smallholder poultry production, in Thessaloniki, Greece (Table 2). (fao.org)
  • One of the main activities of ANRPD has been the production of a newsletter as a medium for dissemination of information and developments in rural poultry in Africa. (fao.org)
  • Operndorf Burkina Faso (Africa - Premiere at Festival Les Récréatrales, 5. (filmgalerie451.de)
  • The winds of change that blew through north Africa and the Middle East in 2011 also blew through Burkina Faso, with protests over rising prices and unemployment, and mutiny by parts of the armed forces, but Compaore appears (for now) to have weathered the storm. (newint.org)
  • SustIn Africa is a research project empowering West and North African smallholder farmers, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to facilitate the sustainable intensification of food production through resilient farming systems in West and North Africa. (selfhelpafrica.org)
  • In a move that could help decide the future of GM crops in Africa, Burkina Faso has abandoned GM Bt cotton. (theecologist.org)
  • The Board commends the Government of Burkina Faso, the multi-stakeholder group (MSG) and all stakeholders for using the EITI to improve public access to information on the country's mining industry, a key sector in the national economy. (eiti.org)
  • Some of the crops grown in Burkina Faso are considered perennial crops and they cover approximately 13% of the country's total agricultural area. (worldatlas.com)
  • After Burkina Faso gained independence, the government focused on growing the country's cotton industry. (worldatlas.com)
  • Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has pledged to fight maternal mortality by lifting financial barriers to proper care during childbirth, rights group Amnesty International said Friday," Agence France-Presse reports. (kff.org)
  • The Board agreed that Burkina Faso has made meaningful progress in implementing the 2016 EITI Standard, with considerable improvements. (eiti.org)
  • Consequently, Burkina Faso has made meaningful progress overall in implementing the 2016 EITI Standard, with considerable improvements across several individual requirements. (eiti.org)
  • From 1960 to 2016, sorghum production in Burkina Faso fluctuated greatly. (worldatlas.com)
  • Richard Young, President and Chief Executive Officer, added: "We want to thank the government of Burkina Faso for their support since we purchased Wahgnion in October 2016, and to commend our entire team for taking this project from exploration to production in less than three years, ahead of the original schedule and expected to be under budget. (africaoutlookmag.com)
  • According to GlobalData, Burkina Faso is the world's fourteenth-largest producer of gold in 2022, with output up by 7% on 2021. (mining-technology.com)
  • Over the five years to 2021, production from Burkina Faso increased by a CAGR of 9% and is expected to rise by a CAGR of 2% between 2022 and 2026. (mining-technology.com)
  • In Burkina Faso, the USAID Yidgiri activity established more than 300 demonstration plots between 2020 and 2022. (cnfa.org)
  • Boungou and Wahgnion contributed a combined 240,000 oz, or 17% of Endeavour's 2022 gold production. (miningmx.com)
  • In 2017, the International Monetary Fund ranked Burkina Faso as the 171st largest economy in the world by its per capita gross domestic product which was roughly $1,884. (worldatlas.com)
  • The West African country adopted a ban on the production, importation, marketing, possession and use of non-biodegradable plastic bags in November 2017 in an effort to end marine plastic pollution. (greenpeace.org)
  • In November 2017, the government issued Resolution 120, which provides a legal basis for de-intensifying rice production for multiple social, economic, and climate change adaptation benefits. (iucn.org)
  • A sub-study population of 688 asymptomatic individuals (predominantly children and adolescents under 15 years, n = 516) from rural Burkina Faso previously recruited by the NOVAC trial (NCT03176719) between June and October 2017 was analysed. (bvsalud.org)
  • Born in Burkina Faso and raised in Burkina Faso and Mali, Sanou's work is a mix of West African Mandingo traditional dances, Brazilian capoeira, and theater expressions drawn from his experiences with European stage directors. (foureyesproductions.co.uk)
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that at least 15 million people are estimated to be at risk of food insecurity in Sahel region, including 5.4 million people in Niger, three million in Mali, 1.7 million in Burkina Faso and 3.6 million in Chad, as well as hundreds of thousands in Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania. (newsblaze.com)
  • The yield in Burkina Faso was high - in the most recent growing season, it produced over 700,000 MT of cotton, while neighbouring Mali produced only 500,000 MT. (theecologist.org)
  • The famine affected parts of Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad and is thought to have led to the deaths of around 101,000 people (Sen 1981). (lu.se)
  • Communications Minister Lambert Mende told journalists that the activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso were "promoting violence through a form of training … coaching of certain youth groups close to a certain opposition to use violent means against other groups or against the institutions of the republic. (hrw.org)
  • Youth leaders and activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso came to Kinshasa for the workshop to share their experiences. (hrw.org)
  • Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Côte d'Ivoire. (mccarthy.ca)
  • Gambia has already recalled all cough and cold syrups in circulation in the country as well as all pharmaceutical products manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals , whose production plant in India has been shut down. (africanews.com)
  • Many hope FESPACO will help boost domestic unity and strengthen ties with other countries, at a time when anti-French sentiment is on the rise in Burkina Faso. (arabnews.com)
  • Faïçal PALENFO, engineer in animal production offers economic and effective incubators of different capacities to poultry farmers. (agribusinesstv.info)
  • Many smallholder farmers in Burkina Faso operate on degraded lands with low-quality soil and inadequate rainfall. (wri.org)
  • These water-harvesting techniques have allowed farmers to restore completely degraded land to much higher levels of production. (wri.org)
  • For example, farmers in Burkina Faso don't have legal rights to the trees that grow on their property. (wri.org)
  • The study uses a nationally representative panel survey of farmers, collected by the National Institute of Statistics and Demography in Burkina Faso. (lu.se)
  • This, alongside what crops that are grown, access to better soil quality and seeds, are important factors which could explain why female and male farmers have different agricultural production says Mohammad H. Sepahvand. (lu.se)
  • Arable land for growing crops such as cotton and sorghum and mineral deposits such as gold are the major natural resources of Burkina Faso. (worldatlas.com)
  • After a run of low quality GM cotton crops with unusually short fibres, Burkina Faso has ended its love affair with Monsanto's Bt cotton, writes Claire Robinson. (theecologist.org)
  • ENDEAVOUR Mining has finalised an agreement to sell its 90% interests in its Burkina Faso mines Boungou and Wahgnion. (miningmx.com)
  • He designed an African dance curriculum at Naugatuck Valley Community College 2018-2019 and created a dance program at the civil prison of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso). (foureyesproductions.co.uk)
  • Latvia rose 4.1% of Cereals Gross Production Per Capita Index in 2019, compared to the previous year. (nationmaster.com)
  • In 2019 Latvia was ranked number 2 in Cereals Gross Production Per Capita Index. (nationmaster.com)
  • In 2019 Romania was number 50 in Cereals Gross Production Per Capita Index with $124.62 PPP = 2004-2006, jumping from 56 in 2018. (nationmaster.com)
  • In Burkina Faso, an impoverished country, it is the exclusive prerogative of rural women who number from 300,000 to 400,000. (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite the vast amount of arable land in Burkina Faso, the country is not considered self-sufficient in agriculture. (worldatlas.com)
  • Burkina Faso achieved peak sorghum production in 2010 when the country produced nearly 2,000,000 tons of sorghum. (worldatlas.com)
  • To respond to the food crisis in Burkina Faso, the United Nations humanitarian chief today stressed the importance of building resilience in the country for future emergencies. (newsblaze.com)
  • Focusing on the promotion of local consumption of local production, he achieved food self-sufficiency for the country within three years. (newint.org)
  • One aspect of their sale is that it reduces Endeavour's exposure to social foment in Burkina Faso to which Boungou was especially exposed owing to its location in the east of the country. (miningmx.com)
  • The world has painted Burkina Faso as a red country. (arabnews.com)
  • This study is based on a panel survey of 10,800 households from the sub-Saharan African country of Burkina Faso. (lu.se)
  • Due to the close historical ties between Burkina Faso and France , the French government contributed vast sums of money to develop the Burkinabe cotton sector. (worldatlas.com)
  • This study analyzes how long-run macroeconomic fluctuations have affected timber production levels in five tropical oil-producing countries: Gabon, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Venezuela, and Ecuador. (cifor.org)
  • During the 1980s, cotton growing in Burkina Faso declined sharply due to several factors with the main one being the decline in global cotton prices. (worldatlas.com)
  • Despite the growth observed in global medicine production over the years, studies indicate that Africa's share of world medicine production continues to decline. (who.int)
  • Endeavour Mining is one of the leading producers of gold in Burkina Faso. (mining-technology.com)
  • The potential sale of these two assets, in our opinion, could provide Endeavour with a multiple uplift through reduced Burkina Faso exposure," said Raj Ray, an analyst for BMO Capital Markets in March. (miningmx.com)
  • In a potential divestment scenario, the realisable value could be lower than our carrying value for the two assets, but Endeavour should get a multiple uplift from reduced Burkina Faso exposure," said Ray. (miningmx.com)
  • From the initial location search in May 2009 and the Groundbreaking in February 2010 to the emergence of the school the documentary takes us up close to the German artist Christoph Schlingensief and his architect Diébédo Francis Kéré who originally comes from Burkina Faso. (filmgalerie451.de)
  • Bessei (1988) reported inaccessibility of information on rural poultry production as a major constraint to development. (fao.org)
  • Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. (nationmaster.com)
  • CNFA's entrepreneur-focused programs incorporate on-the-ground strategies that allow our organization to quickly adapt and propagate agricultural technologies and techniques in response to specific climate threats, thereby improving agricultural production, preserving access to nourishing foods, increasing economic stability and strengthening food security. (cnfa.org)
  • The new channel aims to provide a platform for creators to showcase their stories and productions, the company said in a statement. (arabnews.com)
  • In addition to a smooth ramp up to commercial production, Teranga is focusing on its local social responsibility efforts, such as building new housing and providing livelihood restoration programs to some near-mine communities, including the development of irrigated agriculture, increased crop production, animal husbandry, training and support to launch small businesses, and sustainable income-generating activities for local women. (africaoutlookmag.com)
  • Burkina Faso punishes with a prison sentence of three months to five years and a fine of one hundred thousand (100,000) to ten million (10,000,000) CFA francs, or one of these two penalties, anyone who produces, imports, markets or distributes non-biodegradable plastic packaging and bags in violation of the provisions of the Law. (elaw.org)
  • Burkina Faso is encouraged to leverage a responsive government and proactive civil society and industry to implement reforms improving transparency and accountability in the management of mining licenses, including through the new mining cadastre and by using EITI reporting as an annual diagnostic of license awards and transfers. (eiti.org)
  • She cites that thile they are very appreciative of the people and Government of Burkina Faso, they are worried about a number of things. (newsblaze.com)
  • The good news is that farmer innovators, government officials, research institutions, and NGOs in Burkina Faso are ready to make the next move. (wri.org)
  • When Burkina Faso first grew GM Bt cotton in field trials, officials were initially satisfied with the quality of the cotton, the briefing states. (theecologist.org)
  • The objectives of his company, Faso Elevage, is to develop this sector by proposing different types of incubators and breeders that suit their various needs. (agribusinesstv.info)
  • The varieties "aim to overcome the major constraints to maize production in the sub-region, including drought, low soil fertility, pest, diseases and parasitic plants" (2/15). (kff.org)
  • Favourable policies for family-based maize production in Ecuador. (fao.org)
  • Burkina Faso has built its first pharmaceutical production plant, specializing in the production of generic drugs, which was visited on Tuesday by Prime Minister Albert Ouédraogo. (africanews.com)
  • Pharmaceutical production takes place at three levels. (who.int)
  • Primary level production includes the manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates from basic chemical substances. (who.int)
  • Our production capacity, at present, meets the local need and solves the problem of drastic rupture," he added, noting that the list of molecules to be produced will grow, especially "with the production of drugs for the management of malaria. (africanews.com)
  • He added: "During the Covid-19 period, these issues were important and everyone recognized the need to develop local production of medicines. (africanews.com)
  • Projects in Burkina Faso are implemented through local partners, with the focus on adding value to farm production and creating links between small-scale agricultural producers and private sector companies. (selfhelpafrica.org)
  • 4. This document examines issues, challenges and perspectives and advises governments on the way forward with local production of essential medicines, including antiretrovirals, in the African Region. (who.int)
  • 7. Issues pertaining to promoting and sustaining local production capacity introduce a complex combination of health, social and economic considerations. (who.int)
  • Local production of contraceptives. (who.int)
  • Despite cancer, he made trips to Burkina Faso, such was his devotion and conviction. (filmgalerie451.de)
  • He liberalized and privatized, and made Burkina Faso one of the first 'beneficiaries' of the debt relief and poverty reduction programs of the IMF and World Bank. (newint.org)
  • With drought and rising food prices have taken their toll in Burkina Faso, food crisis has engulfed the region affecting some 2.8 million people. (newsblaze.com)
  • The Mekong Delta, which is home to 90% of Vietnam's rice exports and most of its fruit and aquaculture production, plays a major role in national and regional food markets. (iucn.org)
  • Ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) is a plant of the Zingiberaceae family [1] whose rhizome is widely used in groceries, popular medicine and food, particularly in the production of juice [2]. (scirp.org)
  • Burkina Faso accounts for 2% of global production, with the largest producers being China, Australia, Russia and Canada. (mining-technology.com)
  • Burkina Faso on Friday reaffirmed its support for the autonomy plan initiative presented by Morocco, stressing that this plan is "the only credible and realistic solution" to resolve the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. (maroc.ma)
  • The CORIS Project Consultant is responsible to supervise: i) the production of breeder, foundation, certified rice seed in Benin, ii) support the CORIS Project Coordinator in all project related activities, iii)support the impact monitoring. (cgiar.org)
  • GlobalData's Commodity Analyzer tracks production, consumption, imports and exports of 17 key commodities across 60 countries, whilst its Mines & Projects Database tracks over 30,000 mines and projects with 200+ data fields for each, including production, operating costs, equipment and key mine-site contacts. (mining-technology.com)
  • 1. World medicine production is on the increase but is concentrated in a few industrialized countries. (who.int)
  • CRACKLE OF TIME tells the story of the impossible project: To build an opera village in Burkina Faso, a space combining art and life, with a school, theatre, hospital, living quarters, a football field, a lunchroom. (filmgalerie451.de)
  • Dadjan Wassinatou, 34, holds a basket of freshly harvested cotton in the village of Zorro, Burkina Faso. (theecologist.org)
  • Because of the hot, dry climate and unpredictable weather patterns of the region, there is a particular emphasis on promoting farming approaches that are 'climate smart', and enabling farming communities to diversify their production. (selfhelpafrica.org)
  • 6. Production of generic medicines has become an important economic activity. (who.int)
  • 3. Most production of medicines in the Region is limited to compounding and packaging, repacking, and processing bulk medicines into dosage forms using imported raw materials. (who.int)
  • Vitellaria paradoxa (the shea tree) is extremely important in Burkina Faso. (wikipedia.org)
  • Shea nuts are important in the economy of Burkina Faso. (wikipedia.org)
  • The most important centres of shea butter production are in Sissili Province and Ziro Province. (wikipedia.org)
  • Seasonal forecasts play an important role in planning activities and investments ahead of the rainy season in Burkina Faso. (smhi.se)
  • Wolfram Vetter, the European Union ambassador in Burkina Faso, called the film festival "an important contribution to peace and reconciliation in Burkina Faso and beyond. (arabnews.com)
  • The H9N2 subtype virus identified in Burkina Faso seems to have originated from Morocco, although we cannot rule out the possibility that H9N2 subtype viruses were circulating in unsampled locations ( Technical Appendix Figure 2 and Video ). (cdc.gov)
  • Filimbi worked in partnership with Eloko Makasi, a socially conscious music and video production company based in Kinshasa's Masina neighborhood. (hrw.org)