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  1. Library Resource
    National Policies
    Burkina Faso, Africa, Western Africa

    Le présent Programme national du secteur rural du Burkina Faso(PNSR, 2011-2015), est le cadre d’opérationnalisation de la Stratégie de développement rural (SDR) et du volet développement rural de la Stratégie de croissance accélérée et de développement durable (SCADD, 2011-2015).

  2. Library Resource
    National Policies
    Burkina Faso, Africa, Western Africa

    Confronté à des difficultés d’ordre technique, institutionnel, politique et juridique, socio-économique et environnemental dans le secteur de l’élevage, le Burkina Faso a élaboré la Politique Nationale de Développement durable de l’Elevage(PNDEL) pour la période 2010-2025, à travers une approche participative et inclusive.

  3. Library Resource
    National Policies
    Burkina Faso, Africa, Western Africa

    Dans le cadre de relever les défis majeurs qui persistent en matière de développement du capital humain, de consolidation de la gouvernance, de la croissance ainsi que d’autres préoccupations transversales telles que la préservation de l’environnement et la promotion du genre, le Burkina Faso a élaboré le Programme d’Actions du Gouvernement pour l’Emergence et le Développement Durable (PAGEDD) pour la période 2011-2015. Il s’agit d’un plan sectorielle d’une portée nationale.

  4. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

    A development response to forced
    displacement in the Sahel requires a regional approach. Such
    an approach would have the benefits of being able to: (i)
    overcome challenges relating to cross--- border movements,
    (ii) obtain commitments by host governments to support the
    prospects of displaced from neighboring countries and (iii)
    facilitate common approaches, shared conceptualization and
    learning. A regional approach will be appropriate in the

  5. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

    The Sahel region has seen the forcible
    displacement of more than million persons as a result of
    conflict. Tackling displacement in the Sahel is critical for
    both poverty alleviation and stabilization, and only a
    development response will be adequate to the task. A
    development response to forced displacement in the Sahel
    requires a regional approach. Such an approach would have
    the benefits of being able to overcome challenges relating

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2015
    Burkina Faso

    The rural sector, defined here as the
    economic sector that falls under the scope of the Ministry
    of Agriculture and Water (MAH), the Ministry of Animal
    Resources (MRA), and the Ministry of the Environment and
    Sustainable Development (MEDD), is one of the pillars of the
    Burkina Faso economy. Although its contribution to GDP has
    decreased in recent times from 35 percent in 1999 to 30
    percent in 2011 due to the development of the other sectors

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Burkina Faso

    Burkina Faso is one of the priority
    countries of the World Bank's Disaster Risk Management
    (DRM) team for 2009 to 2011. this country note on Disaster
    Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change (DRM/ACC)
    is a baseline document for priority investments in those
    areas, and for the support the World Bank will provide to
    Burkina Faso through funds allocated under the "Global
    Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery" (GFDRR).

  8. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Burkina Faso

    More than 90 percent of the population
    in the Sahel lives on agriculture. The fact that crop
    production has not kept up with population growth during the
    last two decades is attributed to land degradation and
    productivity decline resulting in increased levels of rural
    poverty, food shortages and chronic food insecurity. In
    response, since the 1980s, Sahelian farmers have
    experimented with various soil and water conservation

  9. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2004
    Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Burkina Faso

    "This paper describes the emergence of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s as well as their advantages, disadvantages and impact. The zaï emerged in a context of recurrent droughts and frequent harvest failures, which triggered farmers to start improving this local practice. Despair triggered experimentation and innovation by farmers. These processes were supported and complemented by external intervention. Between 1985 and 2000 substantial public investment has taken place in soil and water conservation (SWC).

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2011
    Burkina Faso

    Au Burkina Faso, le potentiel en terres arables à vocation agricole est épuisé. À l’avenir, la population en rapide expansion ne pourra être nourrie que s’il est possible d’accroître les rendements sur les terres cultivées existantes. Grâce à la construction de cordons pierreux le long des courbes de niveau, il est possible de mieux exploiter l’eau de pluie et de stopper l’érosion.

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