Corps de la Paix Burkina Faso

Food Security Conference

December 2009

Overview

Food Security Training Sesame Exports Moringa Materials Development

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: Map 1. Production by Region (2008) Prov**

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

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

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

Food Security Trainings

Community determined topics: – Field Prep – Erosion Control– Demi-lunes, Zai holes– When to plant– etc.

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.)

Sesame

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

SesameWhy 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 CorridorPartnered with ADF for financingFive PCVs working closely with sesame

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

Flip Chart