Transcript BF120709_17H_FSC_DR_120509.

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
Map 1. Production by Region (2008) Prov**
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:
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
Sesame
Why 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 Corridor
Partnered with ADF for financing
Five 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