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Food security monitoring and emergency assistance to vulnerable farming households in Burkina Faso

Code du projet : OSRO/BKF/103/USA

Pays : Burkina Faso

Localisation : Urban area of Ouagadougou and Ouahigouya

Durée : 01/07/2011-31/03/2012

Partenaires  : The Ministry of Agriculture, HOPE 87 and the Association Aidons l’Afrique Ensemble.

Donneur : United States of America

Activités

1. Distributed 103 320 kg of vegetable seeds (tomato, cabbage, onion, carrot, lettuce and eggplant), 82 500 kg of fertilizer (NPK and urea), inputs and equipment for phytosanitary treatment (sprayers, boots, overalls, masks and gloves).
2. Facilitated trainings on nutrition education, good farming practices and phytosanitary treatment techniques.

Impacts

1. Produced more than 3 584 tonnes of vegetables.
2. Reinforced the capacity of 1 320 beneficiaries to prepare quality food from their own vegetable production, with high nutritional value, and to apply good agricultural practices. Improved the quality and quantity of the food intake of households

Contribution : USD 330 000

Lien vers la présentation du projet : la FAO en situations d’urgence