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National Strategy for Rice Development in Burkina Faso

This presentation outlines Burkina Faso's plan to enhance rice production and achieve food security through strategic initiatives and partnerships. It provides key facts, policies, priorities, and objectives related to rice cultivation in the country. The strategy aims to increase the productivity and quality of rice, promote market access, enhance mechanization, and strengthen the capacities of stakeholders in the rice sector. Learn about the initiatives driving Burkina Faso towards self-sufficiency in rice production and sustainable agricultural practices.

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National Strategy for Rice Development in Burkina Faso

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  1. PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR RICE DEVELOPMENT IN BURKINA FASO Présentation: Mr Youssouf OUATTRARA Point focal Task force

  2. Background-Basic facts • Burkina Faso is a West African country; • Total area=274,200 km2 ; • Population (2009)=15.74 million, Population growth rate= 3%; • GDP (2008): 7.28 Billion US$, • GDP Per capita (2008): 480 US$; • Agriculture represents 33% of its GDP and occupies 85% of the working population; • Self-sufficiency ratio of rice is 30%; • Import value of rice (2007): 60 Million US$.

  3. Background-Related Policies • In 2004, BF worked out its RDS in accordance with the CSLP one of whose strategic main lines is to increase, diversify and intensify the agricultural productions; • Rice growing is one of the priority fields to achieve food security in BF; • Since 2007, BF has been granting subsidies to the rice producers on their inputs and support for capacity building of rice producers organisation; • PNIA/PROSDRSP in finalisation stage defined the objectives of CAADP in BF regardingricegrowing as a foodsécurity and earningsector ;

  4. Rice Production Map (irrigated)

  5. Priority agro-ecologies • 3 rice growing ways are carried in BF: Irrigated, low land and rain fed; • The 3 rice growing ways have priority for production growth;

  6. Priority sub-sector Achieving the 4 main lines of the NSRD involves the priority will be granted to: • Increase of the exploited areas and a better management of water resources; • Promotion and improvement of the use of the improved seeds, fertilizers and pesticides; • Mechanization of rice growing (from ploughing to post harvest); • Improvement of the quality of local rice by adequate equipments for post harvest treatments ; • Promotion of the access of local rice to the national and sub-regional market; • Promotion of the access of the actors to the credits; • Reinforcement of the operational capacities of the actors of rice sector; • Research and dissemination of innovating technologies of rice production;

  7. List of development partners for rice-related intervention

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