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Corps de la Paix Burkina Faso

Corps de la Paix Burkina Faso. Food Security Conference December 2009. Overview. Food Security Training Sesame Exports Moringa Materials Development. Map 1. Production by Region (2008) Prov**. Food Security Training(1) Context. 85% Rural (13.4million)

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Corps de la Paix Burkina Faso

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  1. Corps de la Paix Burkina Faso Food Security Conference December 2009

  2. Overview • Food Security Training • Sesame Exports • Moringa Materials Development

  3. Map 1. Production by Region (2008) Prov** Food Security Training(1) Context 85% Rural (13.4million) Sahel zone, capricious rains, droughts, floods GDP $577 per capita CPI 10.7% in 2008 HDI 177 of 182. Rice Prices 2002-2009:

  4. Food Security Training (2) Peace Corps • 1,500 PCVs since 1995 return • Burkina has 90-125 PCVs in SED, HE, SE, and GEE. • No AG/NRM program • Strong relations • Growth Post

  5. Food Security Committee in PC Burkina • But an extremely active Food Security Committee. • 10 members 2 per sector , plus chairs. • 2008 Activities • FSC Training • Materials Development • Annual Report • Tracking • Salesmanship

  6. Food Security Trainings • PCV developed Field Prep Trainings • OPATS Funded $3,100 • 30 PCV sites at $30 a day per site, 3 days • PCV Role • Marketing, • Logistics, • Administration • PCV Report Out • Copies Available

  7. Food Security Trainings • Community determined topics: • Field Prep • Erosion Control • Demi-lunes, Zai holes • When to plant • etc.

  8. Food Security Trainings • Food Security Program Assistant • Committee Transition • Regional Partnerships • ADF, CRS, WATH & ATP. • Next Steps? • Trainings in other areas of the subsistence AG: OPATS funded animal husbandry, cold season gardening and harvest training. • AG Program?? (181 AG activities in FY09.)

  9. Sesame

  10. Sesame • Start at the end: • 2008/2009 sales $270,000 direct to the US • 2009/2010 up to $2.3 million • 6-10 containers a month for a year. • November rate is 200CFA a kilo in local market Bani • At the same period we were paying 275CFA • The end result is $350K-$400K more into the hands of Burkinabe sesame farmers

  11. Sesame • Why sesame? • World demand up, marginal land, short growing season, planted in addition not in lieu, lined up a buyer, prior work experience. • PC is in every part of the chain. • Established a relationship with a US based hummus wholesaler, Dean Brocke, Inc. • Partnered with an RPCV ‘middle man’ • Located a S-42 Corridor • Partnered with ADF for financing • Five PCVs working closely with sesame

  12. Materials Development • Moringa Flip Books in 5 Local Languages • Moringa Flip Chart • ‘Stolen & Adapted’ Agricultural Manual • ‘Stolen & Adapted’ Gardening Guides • Calendar • Reporting • T-Shirts • “Naba’s” • Seeds

  13. Flip Chart

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