Burkina Faso: Farmer groups learn good practices to manage natural resources
It’s September, and the rainy season is coming to an end in Kossoghin, a village around 30 kilometres from Kaya, […]
Burkina Faso: Worms help increase soil fertility (AgribusinessTV)
On a sunny morning, Catherine Compaoré Ouédraogo is looking forward to visiting her garden in Betta, a village in the […]
Burkina Faso: Farmers plant trees to protect watercourses from silting up
In the village of Bendougou, about 20 kilometres west of Dédougou in Burkina Faso, 100 fruit trees stretch 500 metres […]
Burkina Faso: Farmers use weather information to improve production
It’s six o’clock in the morning in Pontiéba, a village in the commune of Dano about 250 kilometres from Ouagadougou, […]
Burkina Faso: Women mobilize to improve the hygiene of local health centre
It’s 11 a.m. in the small village of Lebda, a hundred kilometres north of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. The sun […]
Burkina Faso: Infant cereals with local flavours (AgribusinessTV)
Malnutrition is a major issue affecting millions of children in West Africa, including about one million in Burkina Faso. It […]
Sharing local voices and local culture
Sansan Bertin Sib is the head of production at Radio Rurale du Burkina. His zeal for journalism dates back to […]
Burkina Faso: Live fences reinvigorate poor soil
This story was originally published in September 2010. Green fields, healthy trees and lush vegetation. The 150-hectare experimental farm in […]
Burkina Faso: Farmer improves soil fertility with stone lines, zaï pits, and half-moons
The sun is high overhead in Mogtédo, a town located about 100 kilometres from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. […]
Farm Radio resources educate and inform—in local languages
Most of our radio partners broadcast in local languages, reaching their listeners in the language they are most comfortable in. […]