SELEVER: Better Nutrition Through Women’s Economic Empowerment and Stronger Poultry Markets
Location: Burkina Faso Soutenir l’Exploitation Famaliales pour Lancer l’Elevage des Volailles et Valoriser l’Economie Rurale (SELEVER) is a five-year Bill …
Women Farmers Increase Onion Production & Family Income in Burkina Faso
Small-scale market gardening, especially onion production, has become an important income-generating activity for women in Zorkoum, a village central Burkina …
Victory Against Malnutrition Plus (ViMPlus) Activity
Achieving Household food & nutrition security Summary Our vision to combat extreme poverty and chronic malnutrition in the Centre-Nord Region …
From Struggling Milk Producer to Thriving Entrepreneur in Burkina Faso
In central-northern Burkina Faso in the city of Kaya, fresh milk is not always available. Because of low investment in …
Women Drive Change in Burkina Faso
In the Center-North Region of Burkina Faso, senior male household members make most of the family decisions about income, land, …
Mother Leaders Strengthen Village Health in Burkina Faso
Messages of health are spreading in Koulogho village, found in the Center-North region of Burkina Faso. Abibou Ouedraogo, 26, is …
Access to Credit Empowers Women in Burkina Faso
Traditional agricultural practices in the Center-North Region of Burkina Faso have often led to low yields of millet, cowpea, sorghum, …
Expanding Incomes for Small-scale Poultry Producers in Burkina Faso
Passingbamba Zoré was still in his twenties a couple years ago when he started a poultry raising business. A hardworking …
Making New Year’s (and New Projects’) Resolutions Stick
Last year, I made four (four!) major New Year’s resolutions: Be more productive. Run a marathon. Be less stressed. Exercise …
ViM Project Introduces Rice to Fight Hunger in Burkina Faso
Fati Kiéma, a mother of six children, lives in the village of Goenega in Burkina Faso. Like many women in …
Capacity Building Empowers Onion Producers in Burkina Faso to Protect Their Livelihoods
In 2017, as part of the USAID-funded Victory Against Malnutrition (ViM) Activity, a group of onion producers from the Sanmantenga …
