Context:
More than 80 per cent of Burkina Faso’s working population lives in rural areas. They earn their living through agriculture. The Guiriko region makes a significant contribution to the country’s food production. However, it is severely affected by the impacts of climate change, such as droughts, extreme heat and heavy rainfall. Smallholder farmers are unable to cope with these conditions and face challenges in adapting their production quickly enough to climate change.
Objective:
Smallholder farmers and households living from agriculture are more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Approach:
The project supports the improvement of institutional framework conditions, for example by training agricultural advisors so they can provide expert advice on climate adaptation, disseminate information on the weather and facilitate access to small loans. The project also informs communities about the challenges of climate change and supports them in adapting their development plans and in using grants to implement their own climate change adaptation measures, such as the construction of warehouses for agricultural products. In addition, the project directly supports smallholder farmers, for example in protecting their soil and improving soil fertility. Together with those affected, it builds water retention basins and wells so they can better deal with the dry periods. By assisting with the clarification of land rights issues, the project also provides women with secure access to land and makes investing in land attractive. The Green Climate Fund supports the project with financial resources.