In the heart of Burkina Faso's drylands, in the village of Zoungou, a quiet transformation is underway. Alhaji Birba Issa, a smallholder onion farmer, bends over neat rows of lush green crops, the hum ...

The Agriculture Diversification and Market Development Project (PAFASP) is designed to promote businesses in rural Burkina Faso, where access to credit from commercial banks and microfinance ...

Since 2023, the Burkina Faso Hydromet Project has supported the installation of 9,700 farmer rain gauges to help rural communities better manage their crop years. With a total $33 million budget, the ...

Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso’s only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children. She is one of just 70 eye doctors for the West African nation's 23 million people.

Dakar — Floods in Burkina Faso have wiped out thousands of hectares of farmland, threatening immediate hunger for at least 3,000 households and are likely to cause long-term problems as ...

Real per capita GDP growth surged from 0.7% in 2023 to 2.5% in 2024, offering meaningful improvement in average living standards.

Since China and Burkina Faso formally resumed diplomatic relations on May 26, 2018, China has sent two batches of agricultural experts to Burkina Faso to carry out agricultural assistance work there.

In the Liptako Gourma cross-border areas of Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger, the number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity (CH Phase 3+) increased from about 1 million to 4.4 ...

The World Bank will give Burkina Faso $115 million for agricultural projects in the around the Bagre hydroelectricity dam, said Issa Djibrila, the head of the project at the lender.

Turkish students working with the country's state-run aid agency distributed seeds and equipment on Monday to farmers in the west African country of Burkina Faso. With the support of the Turkish ...