Burkina Faso: His Excellency Ibrahim Traoré, “the use of modern cultivation techniques is indispensable”.
Despite the crisis linked to the fight against terrorism, the economic outlook remains favourable in Burkina Faso. The economic outlook for this landlocked West African country has been encouraging since the MPSR, under Captain Ibrahim Traoré, took power and determined to get things moving in all areas.
These performances are supported by a structural transformation of the Burkinabe economy desired by the Head of State, through improved productivity in sectors where the country has significant productive potential.
According to His Excellency Ibrahim Traoré, the use of modern cultivation techniques is essential to move from extensive agriculture to intensive agriculture with high productivity. The mechanisation of the agricultural sector will not only improve production yields, but will also allow the establishment of processing units for raw materials in order to increase local added value.
Given the large livestock potential, the modernisation of preservation techniques and the manufacture of meat-based derivatives (canned food, food for canines, etc.) can contribute to the country’s productive transformation.
Other major reforms are also suggested by the MPSR authorities in agriculture in order to mitigate the sector’s vulnerability to climate change, its low productivity, the limited access of producers, especially women producers, to resources (land, inputs, agricultural credit, etc.) and the poor access of agricultural products to markets.
To ensure a dynamic economy, the government of Burkina Faso is encouraged to strengthen regional integration in order to create larger markets for national industries. A reform of the customs administration and customs procedures will thus be necessary, as recommended by the authorities.
In the health sector, the supply of health care should be improved both quantitatively and qualitatively in order to strengthen human capital. The nutritional status of the population, in particular that of women and children, must also be improved: in particular, the management of cases of acute malnutrition in the country’s thirteen regions must be continued and the management of the national food security stock and the intervention stock must be strengthened.
Miss OLY
