Category Archives: Burkina Faso

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    Sahel food crisis reaches tipping point, demands different response

    Written on Jan 24, 2012 12:52 pm, by

    Without a massive coordinated response from the international community, the rapidly growing food and nutrition crisis in the Sahelian countries of West Africa is likely to turn into a full blown famine. In recent weeks Oxfam, Tear Fund, and other...
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    Momentum… keep it going in 2012

    Written on Dec 21, 2011 11:39 am, by

    Dear Friends, Like Cilianna Mars in La Victoire, Haiti, who leads work in her community to improve health through disease prevention and the production of natural medicines, we are happy with our progress and greatly appreciate your support. We have...
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    Addressing the silent structural food crisis in the Sahel

    Written on Dec 7, 2011 10:58 am, by

    In the Sahelian countries of West Africa, thinking about “food crisis” is framed by the concept of a ‘relief to rehabilitation to development’ continuum. This concept places ‘crisis’ at one end, and ‘normality’ at the other. Although it is changing,...
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    Women farmers lead the way in Burkina Faso

    Written on Nov 29, 2011 8:37 pm, by

    Nearly a year has passed since field work began in Burkina Faso. The results have been incredible! Here are just a few of the many achievements: 397 farmers, including 159 women, from 19 villages participated in awareness raising sessions on...
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    Buffer food stocks to strengthen food security in West Africa

    Written on Nov 9, 2011 5:13 pm, by

    Images of famine in Somalia have drawn the world’s attention to the wider issue of food security in Africa. Unfortunately, the concept of “crisis” is still strongly associated with short, acute disasters such as drought and conflict. The unpalatable reality...
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    Escaping the Hunger Cycle: Pathways to Resilience in the Sahel

    Written on Nov 2, 2011 7:02 pm, by

    In the Sahel, the number of people suffering from chronic food insecurity, high levels of poverty and vulnerability due to drought is increasing. Food crises in the Sahelian region of West Africa can no longer be treated as limited events,...
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    Women Farmers Feed the World

    Written on Oct 27, 2011 10:29 pm, by

    In West Africa, women’s resistance to the new Green Revolution shows that the question of agricultural sustainability is also a question of equality. It’s harvest season in Burkina Faso. Throughout the West African nation’s rural regions, small farmers—mostly women—are harvesting...
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    Mr. Ouedraogo’s farm is our classroom

    Written on Sep 20, 2011 11:55 pm, by

    Dear Friends, I wish you could have been with me as I sat and listened to Kombari Odette and the other members of the Gayeri women's group sharing their excitement about what they learned during a recent cross visit to Zandoma...
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    Progress in Promoting Ecological Agriculture and Food Security in Eastern Burkina Faso

    Written on Sep 6, 2011 4:33 pm, by

    Between January and May 2010, Fatou Batta, Groundswell’s Co-Coordinator for West Africa, organized a series of planning workshops that brought together representatives of a number of government agencies, non-governmental and community-based organizations working in the field of agroecology to define...
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    Update from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali

    Written on Jul 8, 2011 1:06 pm, by

    Steve Brescia, Groundswell’s International Coordinator, recently returned from a three-week trip to Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali. He visited our programs there and met with key local partners and many West African farmers. This slide show captures some of what...