AreaBurkina Faso

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date05/09/2023

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support, import quota

DescriptionLaunched the Offensive Agropastorale et Halieutique 2023-2025, with the aim of achieving food sovereignty by 2025 by bolstering the production of eight strategic products, including rice. The programme would entail the investment of XOF 592 billion (USD 947.2 million) from the public and private sectors. In the case of rice, it would aim to achieve full national self-sufficiency by boosting output to 1 million tonnes of paddy. To meet this objective, the programme will promote the cultivation of high yielding varieties and develop nearly 8 000 hectares, primarily in Samendéni, of new land for irrigated rice cultivation. Another 44 000 hectares would also come under lowland cultivation across the various regions. Other reforms envisioned by the scheme include the establishment of a Fonds de Développement Agropastoral (FDAP) to finance activities, expansion of agropastoral insurance to the targeted products, facilitated participation of agricultural cooperatives in public food purchases through contract farming arrangements and the introduction of a quota system for rice importers requiring them to purchase local produce.

NotesExchange rate as of 16 October 2023.