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Rural Development
Project / Programme Summary

I. Basic data

Sector(s): Rural Development
Title: Rural Development
Donor country / organization: World Food Programme (WFP)
Other donors / organizations involved: WHO - ILO
Beneficiary countries / regions: 25 highest food deficit provinces of Burkina Faso in North, Central North, central-south and south regions
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions: Government
Duration: 5 years + 1 year extension in time, totalling to 6 years
Starting Date: November 1993
Project / Program budget: USD29,490,223 - 46,050 MTN food commodities
Finance / Type of cooperation: Grant / Food Aid

II. Project / program description

  1. Objectives
    The project will contribute to rural socio-economic development through the implementation of priority programmes aimed at improving the rural populations' work performance, while at the same time giving them greater control over their working environment and raising their living standards.
  2. Activities / contents
    Support to natural resource and production development
    • Soil and water conservation
    • Forestry
    • Water resource development
    • Land settlement
    Support to village food security
    • Allocation of grains to cereal banks
    Support to rural training: Three levels of training
    • Initial literacy
    • Further basic training
    • specialized technical training
    Rural infrastructure development
    • Regional roads works
    • Community infrastructure construction
  3. Expected outcomes / impacts
    Support to natural resource and production development:
    • Soil and water conservation: 25,000 ha stone works + 500 gully plugs
    • Forestry: 900 ha dune fixation + 500 slope stabilisation by planting
    • Water resource development: 1,000 ha irrigated scheme development + 400 ha bottomland development + 70 dam construction and repair + 12,150 meters well sinking and deepening
    • Land settlement: 8,510 families settled
    Support to village food security:
    • Allocation of grains to cereal banks: 4,500 MTN of grains allocated to 300 grain banks built by WFP
    Support to rural training: Three levels of training:
    • Initial literacy: 150,000 trainees
    • Further basic training: 75,000 trainees
    • specialised technical training: 40,000 trainees
    Rural infrastructure development:
    • Regional roads works: repair of 1,850 Km and maintenance of 4,575 km
    • Community infrastructure construction: Routine maintenance and shaping of 2,000 Km and repair of 150 km of village tracks + construction of 15 bridging works.
  4. Features in line with the Agenda for Action
    This WFP project is in line with the Agenda for Action as it covers two of its topics:
    Poverty alleviation and population.

III. Contact point:

WFP Africa Region Bureau (OSA)
Mr. Mohamed Zejjari, Regional Director OSA
Mr. Tun Myat, Director RE 		Fax: 00-39-06-6513-2839
Tel: 00-39-06-6513-2201
Tel: 00-39-06-6513-2009

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