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Published on 2024-03-28 21:18:48
Burkina Faso: Over 10 billion CFA francs committed in 2024 to boost local poultry and fish production
Ouagadougou, March 28, 2024 (Africa Links 24) – The Integrated Development Project of maize, soybean, poultry, and fish value chains and resilience (PIMSAR) will commit 10 billion 29 million 924 thousand CFA francs in 2024 to acquire certified maize and soybean seeds, phosphate and mineral fertilizers, poultry feed, doses of vaccines against avian diseases, and fish production in order to strengthen food and nutritional security for vulnerable populations.
“The Integrated Development Project of maize, soybean, poultry, and fish value chains and resilience (PIMSAR) plans, among other things, to acquire 240 tons of certified hybrid maize seeds and soybeans, 500 tons of Burkinabé phosphate, 1800 tons of mineral fertilizers, 1500 tons of poultry feed, 5 million doses of vaccines against Newcastle disease and avian pox, as well as the acquisition of 25 fish production kits for vulnerable individuals,” said the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Resources communication department.
PIMSAR held its first 2024 session in Ouagadougou on Thursday, during which its annual work program and budget plan (PTBA) and Procurement Plan (PPM) were adopted. The budget for the project’s PTBA is estimated at 10 billion 29 million 924 thousand CFA francs, according to the same source.
With this budget, the project will also include the construction and equipping of 15 poultry and fish feed storage facilities, 4 poultry markets, and 4 poultry slaughterhouses. It also includes the development of 15 400m² fish ponds, 34 400m² fish basins, 100 above-ground tanks, and 20 floating cages, added PIMSAR Coordinator Halimata Sylla/Cissé.
According to Program Budget Manager 078, Prosper Zemba, the aim of PIMSAR is to contribute to the integrated and inclusive development of maize, soybean, poultry, and fish value chains to enhance food and nutritional security.
“Specifically, the project aims to sustainably increase agricultural, animal, and fisheries production and productivity, as well as the resilience of populations, to transform agricultural products like maize and soybeans into quality feed for animal and human consumption, make final products accessible to markets, integrate various sectors of the value chains, particularly in favor of women, and improve the resilience of women and men to cope with climate shocks and vulnerability situations,” detailed Mr. Zemba.
PIMSAR is being implemented in the regions of Boucle du Mouhoun, Center-West, Hauts-Bassins, and Center.
Ultimately, the project will impact 30,000 direct beneficiaries and 240,000 indirect beneficiaries with at least 50% women for each targeted group. In its resilience component, PIMSAR will finance the reconstruction of productive assets for 7,500 internally displaced persons, concluded the same source.
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