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AID-FFP-A-11-00005 Quarterly Report: April – June, 2016

Victory against Malnutrition (ViM) Project

MULTI-YEAR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

NO. AID-FFP-A-11-00005

Fiscal Year 2016 Quarter 3 Report

Submitted to

United States Agency for International Development

Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance

Office of Food for Peace

Original Submission Date: July 29, 2016

Headquarters Contact Name Robert Rosengren – Senior Technical Specialist

Headquarters Contact Address ACDI/VOCA

50 F Street NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20001

Headquarters Contact Phone Number 1-202-469-6090

Headquarters Contact Fax Number 1-202-469-6257

Headquarters Contact Email Address [email protected]

Host Country Office Contact Name Amidou Kabore – Chief of Party

Host Country Office Contact Address ACDI/VOCA – Burkina Faso

Zone du Bois, Rue 13.4 ; Porte n° 290

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Host Country Office Contact Phone Number +226-25-36-27-83

Host Country Office Contact Fax Number N/A

Host Country Office Contact Email Address [email protected]


TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: FY 2016 QUARTER 3 FOOD AID PROGRAM RESULTS ........................................ 1

1. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE (SO) 1: INCREASED AND DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 1

IR 1.1: Improved agricultural practices adopted .............................................................................1

Activity 1.1.1 Promote the professionalization of producer groups ..................................................... 1

Activity 1.1.2 Improve technology and agricultural practices .............................................................. 3

Activity 1.1.3 Improve natural resource management (NRM) .............................................................. 4

Activity 1.1.4 Ensure the development and preparation of lowland and irrigated perimeters ............. 5

IR 1.2: Smallholder access to agricultural inputs improved ............................................................6

Activity 1.2.1 Create links between producers and public and private input suppliers through a

voucher program ................................................................................................................................... 6

IR 1.3: Improved livestock practices adopted ....................................................................................7

Activity 1.3.1 Improve livestock production .......................................................................................... 7

2. SO2: INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES ................................................................................................. 8

IR 2.1: Improved market linkages ...................................................................................................8

Activity 2.1.1 Train producers on the Farming as a Family Business approach ................................. 8

Activity 2.1.2 Link producer groups to markets .................................................................................... 9

Activity 2.1.3 Work with the « le ministère de la promotion de la femme et du genre » to improve

women’s empowerment ......................................................................................................................... 9

Activity 2.1.4 Identify and support non-farm employment and microenterprise opportunities .......... 10

Activity 2.1.5 Explore increasing locally produced complementary foods ......................................... 11

IR 2.2: Access to business development services is improved ......................................................11

Activity 2.2.1 Improve access to formal credit .................................................................................... 11

Activity 2.2.2 Establish women’s savings groups ............................................................................... 11

Activity 2.2.3 Improve pricing information systems............................................................................ 12

SO3: REDUCE CHRONIC MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE AND PREGNANT

AND LACTATING WOMEN .............................................................................................................................. 12

IR 3.1: Improved Maternal and Child Health (MCHN) Practices .................................................12

Activity 3.1.1 Conduct formative research on key health and nutrition behaviors. ............................ 12

Activity 3.1.2 Enact community mobilization and mass communication messaging .......................... 12

Activity 3.1.3 Establish individual and community social behavior change (SBC) through

Animatrices ......................................................................................................................................... 13

Activity 3.1.4 Distribute food rations to children under two and pregnant and lactating women ...... 13

IR 3.2: Improved quality of health services ...................................................................................14


Activity 3.2.1 Provide logistic, training, and outreach support for Ministry of Health (MoH) MCHN

service delivery initiatives ................................................................................................................... 14

Activity 3.2.3 Conduct Partner-Defined Quality (PDQ) process........................................................ 14

Activity 3.2.4 Strengthen community case management of diarrhea .................................................. 15

Activity 3.2.5 Advocate for integrating community-based health agents in the health system, and

support similar efforts ......................................................................................................................... 15

Activity 3.2.6 Implement a nutrition and food security surveillance pilot project to integrate into

related Government policies and programs ........................................................................................ 15

Activity 3.2.7 Contribute to the development of national policies for infant and young child feeding

(IYCF) ................................................................................................................................................. 15

IR 3.3: Improved Hygiene and Sanitation Practices ......................................................................15

Activity 3.3.1 Implement Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach ................................... 15

Activity 3.3.2 Promote Essential Hygiene Actions (EHAs) through care groups and CLTS activities

............................................................................................................................................................ 16

Activity 3.3.3 Construct and Rehabilitate Existing Water Sanitation Facilities ................................. 16

4. MONITORING AND EVALUATION........................................................................................................... 16

5. CROSS CUTTING ACTIVITES...................................................................................................................... 16

5.1 Gender ......................................................................................................................................16

5.2 Environment ..............................................................................................................................17

5.3 Food security situation in ViM intervention area ........................................................................17

Price trends on the local market ...................................................................................................17


LIST OF ACRONYMS

AGRODIA Association des Grossistes et Distributeurs d’Intrants Agricole

APIL Action pour la Promotion des Initiatives Locales

ATAD Alliance Technique d’Assistance au Développement

AZND Association Zood Nooma pour le Développement

CF Conservation farming

CHA Community Health Agent

CLTS Community Led Total Sanitation

CP Caisse Populaire

CSB13 Corn Soy Blend 13

CSPS Primary Health Care Center, or Centre de Santé et de Promotion Sociale

DRAAH-CN Regional Directorate of Agriculture and Hydraulic Facilities of Centre-Nord

DREEVCC The Regional Department of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change

EPO Emerging Producer Organizations

FAQR Food Aid Quality Review

FaaFB Farming as a Family Business

FCFA West African CFA franc

FFP Food for Peace

FVO Fortified Vegetable Oil

FY Fiscal Year

GEC Community listening groups

GoBF Government of Burkina Faso

HPPPO High Performance Professional Producer Organization

INERA Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherche Agricole

IR Intermediate Result

IYCF Infant and Young Child Feeding

LIP Local Implementing Partner

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MCHN Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition

MLA Mother Leader Animatrice

MT Metric Tons

NRM Natural Resource Management

OCADES Organisation Catholique pour le Développement et la Solidarité

PLW Pregnant and Lactating Women

PDQ Partnership Defined Quality

PM2A Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under Two Approach

PO Informal Producer Organization

PPO Professional Producer Organization

PREP Pipeline and Resource Estimate Proposal

Q1 Quarter One

Q2 Quarter Two

Q3 Quarter Three

Q4 Quarter Four

PDCO Orange fleshed sweet potato

PM2A Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under Two Approach

REGIS-AG Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth

REGIS-ER Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Enhanced Resilience RISE Resilience in the Sahel Enhanced

RRI Radio Rural International

SAM Severe Acute Malnutrition


SILC Savings and Internal Lending Community

SO Strategic Objective

SONAGESS Société Nationale de Gestion des Stocks de Sécurité

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USD United States dollar

VHNC Village Health and Nutrition Committee

ViM Victory against Malnutrition

VPV Vermifuge Polyvalent Volaille – Poultry Versatile Deworming

VVV Volunteer Village Vaccinators

WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

IYCF Infant and Young Child Feeding

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INTRODUCTION: FY 2016 QUARTER 3 FOOD AID PROGRAM RESULTS

The Victory against Malnutrition (ViM) project is funded by the United States Agency for

International Development’s (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP) and implemented by

ACDI/VOCA and Save the Children, in partnership with local organizations, service providers,

and governmental offices. ViM seeks to improve the food security and nutritional status of

beneficiaries through three strategic objectives (SOs):

SO1: Increased and Diversified Agricultural Production

SO2: Increased Household Incomes

SO3: Reduce Chronic Malnutrition in Children under Five and Pregnant and Lactating

Women

During the quarter, ViM continued to support targeted producer groups and their members

through capacity building training and technical support on sustainable agro-pastoral production

techniques. ViM also provided health and nutritional services and distributed food rations and

continued to help facilitate the Food Aid Quality Review (FAQR) comparison study of four

different supplementary foods to assess effectiveness for prevention of moderate acute

malnutrition and stunting in Kaya, Pissila, Barsalogho and Namissiguima communes. This report

additionally highlights the key integrated work and coordinated efforts with Resilience in the

Sahel Enhanced (RISE) actors in support of these activities and their outcomes in Fiscal Year

(FY) 2016, Quarter Three (Q3) for each of the three SOs.

1. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE (SO) 1: INCREASED AND DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTION

The main activities implemented under this SO1 during Q3 included: self-assessments of

additional producer groups, trainings/awareness sessions for better organization and

management, updating producer group bylaws, supporting unions of producer groups, and

providing technical training to producers. ViM further integrated these activities with the health

and nutrition activities, in particular Mother Leaders working on preventing malnutrition in

children under two approach (PM2A) under SO3.

The activities below aimed to increase and diversify agricultural production focused on the

assessment of the gardening activities through the demonstration plots, additional training as

well as the provision of inputs to scale up the application of climate smart agriculture by

producers. Activities were also aimed at developing livestock production by increasing support

to the Volunteer Village Vaccinators (VVV). These efforts resulted in more capacity building

and sustained professionalization of VVVs, training and provision of small tools for producers to

establish units of livestock, monitoring of animal fattening, test, and trials of improved livestock

techniques, mainly in collaboration with the Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherche

Agricole (INERA). Key achievements under SO1 during this quarter are presented below under

each intermediate result (IR).

IR 1.1: Improved agricultural practices adopted

Activity 1.1.1 Promote the professionalization of producer groups In Q3, ViM completed the remaining self-assessments for nine producer groups in Kaya and two

producer groups in Pissila. These self-assessments demonstrated that six out of the 11 additional

producer groups were classified as (1) Informal Producer Organizations (PO) and five producer


groups as (2) Emerging Producer Organizations (EPO). By taking into account these 11

producers groups, the total number of producer groups supported by ViM is now 600. Table 1

shows the typology and location of producer groups receiving support under ViM.

Table 1: Typology of the 600 ViM supported producer groups

Commune Informal

Producer

Organization

(PO)

Emerging

Producer

Organization

(EPO)

Professional

Producer

Organization

(PPO)

High Performance

Professional

Producer

Organization

(HPPPO)

Total

Barsalogho 76 69 11 0 156

Namissiguima 34 7 0 0 41

Pissila 97 84 10 0 191

Kaya 95 106 11 0 212

Total 302 266 32 0 600

Local Implementation Partner (LIP) field officers provided counseling and training support on

various topics (governance, cooperative regulations, resources management, etc.) to the 11

producer groups. The LIP officers also assisted 207 producer groups in the communes of

Barsalogho, Namissiguima, and Kaya to update their bylaws. In total, 584 out of 600 groups

(97% of the producer groups), have reviewed and updated their rules of procedures in ViM

targeted communes. Continuous animation and counselling also yielded increased dynamism and

improved governance of the producer groups. Key results achieved in Q3 are:

104 producer groups renewed their executive board members in the four targeted ViM

communes in a context where this renewal is not regular nor always accepted due to poor

governance or low knowledge of regulations;

164 producer groups opened bank accounts in formal financial institutions to increase

access to formal credit, allowing them to develop their production activities;

104 agricultural tools’ management committees were set up in the communes of

Barsalogho and Namissiguima;

183 follow-up committees, responsible for collecting data at the producer group level,

were set up in the communes of Barsalogho, Namissiguima and Pissila;

134 producer groups have at least three management tools in place to increase

transparency;

71 producer groups received formal credit from local microfinance institutions;

24 producer groups in the communes of Barsalogho and Namissiguima purchased inputs

and organized the sales of the products by their members. This outcome is a critical

element of producer group sustainability and ViM’s exit strategy.

In total, 98.5% of the producer groups supported by ViM or 591 out of 600 groups have opened

an account in a microfinance institution; 97.33% or 584 out of 600 groups have adopted at least


three recommended management tools; 26.33% or 158 out of 600 groups have renewed their

executive board members; and 14.83% or 89 out of 600

groups have received formal credit.

ViM also provided technical assistance to four of seven

targeted unions to develop their action plans for expanding

their operations while 2,868 producers, of which 88.25%

were women, were trained in literacy and numeracy. This

technical support aimed to increase leadership and

management skills in the producer groups, particularly for

women. The results of the final evaluation of the literacy

training are presented in Table 2 below.

Table 2: Final results of the literacy training

Commune Total students Student evaluated Declared literate Success

rate M F T M F T M F T

Barsalogho 84 610 694 81 595 676 77 545 622 92.01%

Namissiguima 19 121 140 21 114 135 16 93 109 80.74%

Pissila 148 1038 1186 137 1036 1173 127 938 1065 90.79%

Kaya 86 762 848 76 710 786 75 661 736 93.64%

Total 337 2531 2868 315 2455 2770 295 2237 2532 91.41%

The overall success rate of the literacy training was 91.12% for women and 93.65% for men. The

literacy evaluation was conducted in

partnership with the Provincial Directorate of

National Education and Literacy of

Sanmatenga.

Activity 1.1.2 Improve technology and

agricultural practices

Activities for the promotion of sustainable

agricultural practices included the organization

of 20 exchange visits on harvesting techniques

and vegetable conservation, including sweet-

fleshed orange potato. Twelve additional

exchange visits were organized on the topic of composting piles for organic manure production.

In total, 1,441 producers, including 77% of women, participated in these exchange visits.

Additionally, 1,724 farms were visited during regular site visits to strengthen the individual skills

of producers on their farms while 762 out of 928 lead farmers (58.92% of whom were women)

were trained as part of ViM’s exit strategy to work with other farmers in sustaining the

achievements in crop production.

Finally, REGIS-ER supported ViM to train 33 LIP officers on conservation farming (CF) which

contribute to the training of endogenous trainers. The data collected during monitoring of

production results on the ground are presented in Table 3 below.

Literacy Training

Literacy Class


Table 3: Production of Vegetables

Commune Onion Tomato Orange-fleshed Sweet

Potato

Area

(ha)

Production

(kg)

Yield

(kg/ha)

Area

(ha)

Production

(kg)

Yield

(kg/ha)

Area

(ha)

Production

(kg)

Yield

(kg/ha)

Kaya 51.95 983,000 18922 2,92 80 060 27 418 0.1315 1,150 8,745

Barsalogho 42.12 756,090 17 951 - - - - - -

Pissila 13 227,210 17 478 0,12 1 900 15 833 0.0825 1,531 18,558

Total 107.07 1 966 300 18 365 3,04 81 960 26 961 0.2140 2,681 10,155

Note: Onion yields are below the target production of 21,000 kg/ha. This is partly due to the early depletion of the

sources of water and, more importantly, to a significant delay in the start of the activity. As a result, the producers

were forced to harvest too early before full maturity in the villages of Darkoa, Nagraogo, and Tamassogo.

The vegetable producers were also given small tools to develop and sustain their market

gardening activities. These tools included the following: 510 pickaxes with handles; 510 shovels

with handles; 510 forks with handles; 510 pairs of protective gloves; 306 watering cans; and 102

pressure sprayers (16 liters).

Activity 1.1.3 Improve natural resource management (NRM)

Key achievements to improve natural resources management are as follows:

963.12 ha of Zai and 21.30 ha of half-moon cultivation techniques implemented by 3,257

producers of whom 62% were women;

226.60 ha of stone bunds built by 306 producers in the communes of Barsalogho,

Namissiguima and Pissila, of whom 42% were women;

2,985.673 metric tons of organic manure produced by 4,530 producers, of whom 70%

were women, to fertilize approximately 597 ha of land.

A total of 1,808 out of a target of 1,400 ha or 129% of land cultivated by producers used

improved NRM practices. This indicates a good trend toward the adoption of NRM improved

practices by ViM targeted beneficiaries. In addition, CF techniques were implemented this

quarter through the training of 33 LIP field officers with the support and collaboration of

Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Enhanced Resilience (REGIS-ER) as part of the

RISE collaboration. In total, 7.67 ha of CF were implemented by producers in the communes of

Barsalogho, Namissiguima, and Pissila.

Aiming to allow more producers to implement the NRM methods following the

recommendations of the ViM mid-term evaluation, the project furthermore provided additional

tool kits to 362 cowpea and sorghum value chain producer groups. These tools, necessary to

scale up the implementation of the NRM techniques, included 1,086 armored wheelbarrows,

1,810 pick-axes with handles, 1,810 shovels with handles, 1,810 forks with handles, 362 levels to

slope, 1,128 strings of measurement of 100 m each, 724 crowbars, 1,086 hammers of 5 kg, and

1,810 pairs of protective gloves. All 305 cowpea producers’ groups also received one 16-liter

sprayer device to ensure proper pest control strictly, along with training, as prescribed under the

ViM Pesticide Evaluation Report and Safer-Use Action Plan (PERSUAP) and Environmental


Mitigation and Monitoring (EMMP) requirements.

Repeat training sessions were also organized and

conducted on the construction of improved cooking

stoves in the four communes. As a result, 2,955 mud

stoves were built by 2,276 women.

The follow up and the monitoring on the use of

improved mud stoves by the LIP field officers showed

approximately 2,483 improved stoves being used. The

mud stoves save firewood, reduce women’s daily

workload, reduce energy costs and cooking time, and

protect household members from being burned by

flames. A testimonial from Zenabo Sawadogo, a

beneficiary from the Relwendé producer group in the

village of Namsigui (picture on the right), revealed that

the use of the improved mud stoves contributed to

reducing her fire wood consumption by approximately

50%; a bundle of wood that would normally last three

days now lasts a week.

Activity 1.1.4 Ensure the development and

preparation of lowland and irrigated perimeters

IRRIGATION PERIMETERS

In Q3, Zorkoum 1 and 2 took provisional acceptance

of the irrigated perimeters. Recommendations were

presented to the contracted firm to make final improvements before final acceptance of the work.

Despite delays in the completion of the work, some vegetable production took place at both

irrigation sites. A total of 131 producers, including 91% women, produced vegetables at the site

of Zorkoum 1. This resulted in the production of 8,000 kg of onion, 360 kg of tomato and 3,270

kg of cabbage. At the site of Zorkoum 2, 139 producers, including 66 % women, produced 2,100

kg of onion, 820 kg of tomatoes, and 600 kg of cabbage.

Lastly, feasibility studies for new irrigation sites were finalized which included three sites in the

commune of Barsalogho; Kamsé Mossi (9 ha), Kamsé Peul (12 ha), and Basma (6.25 ha), and

one new site in the commune of Kaya; Koulogho (8.5 ha). The total potential surface area for

new irrigation perimeters is approximately 35.75 ha.

LOWLAND PREPARATION WORK

Preparation of lowland works was completed in Q3 for the two sites at Koulogho and

Tangandtanga. For Tangandtanga, the total surface area to be cultivated is 30.45 ha, whereby 107

plots of 0.25 ha each and 22 plots ranging from 0.10 to 0.20 ha will be allocated to producers in

Q4. In Koulogho (Soremzougou), 147 producers were each allocated a plot of 0.12 ha. All of the

targeted producers received training to ensure proper rice production, water management,

operation, and maintenance of low land infrastructure.

Ms. Zenabo SAWADOGO and her stoves

Construction of mud stoves


In acknowledgement of the good lowland

work constructed by ViM, the Government

of Burkina Faso (GoBF) selected one of its

sites in Koulogho to host the national launch

ceremony of the 2016-2017 agricultural

campaign held on May 14, 2016. This

ceremony was celebrated under the

patronage of the Prime Minister and

included the participation of important

national and international officials.

The producers have started to prepare

individual plots for cultivation this rainy

season (2016) in both Koulogho and

Tengandtanga. While in Tengandtanga 100% of the plots were planted with rice, no plots were

planted in Koulogho due to a drought that persisted through the month of June. The producers in

Koulogho have finalized preparation of their plots and are waiting the rain to plant rice.

At the lowland site of Koulogho, 20 women were identified as volunteer producers to participate

in a rice varietal trial with ten different varieties. The objective of the trial is to identify the best

adapted varieties for the area to be promoted. The women were trained in seed production

techniques through its implementing partner, INERA. ViM and INERA intend to support these

producers to become seed growers using the best varieties.

For new producers, ViM provided

subsidized inputs, including improved seeds

(NERICA 45 N/ FKR 19), fertilizers, and

products to control pests. ViM also

completed feasibility studies for additional

low land areas of approximately 119 ha to

be prepared in FY17. The objective of

promoting low land improvement and

constructing irrigation perimeters is to

increase the intensification and

diversification of production to improve

food availability, income, and access to

nutritious crops. This will further result in

developing new nutritious and market

oriented crops in a difficult climate

characterized by frequent drought and irregular rainfall.

IR 1.2: Smallholder access to agricultural inputs improved

Activity 1.2.1 Create links between producers and public and private input suppliers through a

voucher program

ViM worked to increase the local availability of improved inputs for producers, with the primary

focus on improved access to seeds. Improved seeds are vital to agricultural production,

The Prime Minister listening to ViM low land specialist explanations

The Country Director of USAID giving agricultural tools to a producer


particularly in areas facing drought and irregular rainfall. Working in collaboration with GoBF

local seed experts, ViM strengthened support to 22 endogenous seed growers by providing

refresher training and technical information, ViM also provided inputs that will serve as

revolving seed funds for continuing the activity through seed multiplication and sales.

Foundation seeds provided for multiplication under the project included:

1,140 kg of Cowpea KVX 442 3-25 SH (KOMCALLE);

36 kg of Cowpea KVX 775-33-2 G (TILEGRE);

920 kg of Sorghum KAPELGA;

30 kg of Sorghum SARIASSO 11.

The 22 local endogenous seeds growers are expected to produce high quality, certified improved

seeds, cultivating 95 ha of sorghum and 98 ha of cowpea. This will result in up to 95 MT of

improved sorghum and 117 MT of improved cowpea seeds, thus improving seed access for local

producers.

IR 1.3: Improved livestock practices adopted

Activity 1.3.1 Improve livestock production

ViM continued to improve and intensify livestock production. A total of 897 small ruminants

fattening units (70% owned by women) were established with 2,228 animals, averaging 2 to 3

per unit. The anticipated average revenue per targeted beneficiary is approximately FCFA

250,000 or USD$455.

In total, small ruminant fattening units also increased by 93.73%, compared to Q2. This is the

result of intensified technical assistance, site visits and monitoring directed at 1,624 livestock

producers, of whom 58% are women. Moreover, expanded technical support and site visits in the

commune of Pissila, resulted in the construction of 116 improved sheepfolds and 32 improved

henhouses by livestock producers, using local materials.

In addition to these results, 148 producers, of whom 52% are women, produced 3,348 kg of

improved poultry feed. This is an increase of 153% compared to the previous quarter, and

demonstrates a good trend in terms of sustaining poultry production, including the efforts of 25

active VVVs conducing successful vaccination campaigns in Q3, benefiting a total of 9,394

poultry producers (refer to Table 4 below).

Table 4: Poultry deworming and vaccination by VVVs in Q3 FY16

Activity APIL AZND ATAD Total

# of

VVV

# of

poultry

vaccinated

dewormed

VVV # of

poultry

vaccinated

dewormed

VVV # of

poultry

vaccinated

dewormed

VVV Amount

vaccinated

Deworming

using VPV &

vaccination

using Itanew

12 3,600 11 3,228 2 2,578 25 9,394


Following the recommendation of the formative evaluation FFP conducted in FY15, ViM

provided addition small livestock production tools to enable

producers to scale up, apply and adopt improved techniques

that proved relevant and effective. These included forage

cutting and storage, improved housing and feeding, and

health and hygiene care of animals. The tools provided

included 446 rakes with handles, 446 shovels with handles,

272 wheelbarrows 136 (5 liters) sprayers, 272 (5-kg)

hammers, and 234 PAVE hay molds. Material management

committees were set up in each beneficiary producer group

to ensure a proper management of these tools.

In collaboration with INERA, through its Department of

Animal Production, ViM also established 29 trials on

improved livestock production, including 11 fattening trials using various feeding rations, 11

trials on small ruminant breeding, and seven trials on poultry breeding.

Activity 1.3.2 Provide institutional support to MARHASA, MRA, MERH

ViM formalized its collaboration with government decentralized bodies in the project area as

part of its exit strategy. Joint activities were conducted with those structures with the objective of

progressively preparing the transfer of the most relevant activities to each department based on

its area of competence. Evidence of this collaboration

includes a training with the Regional Directorate of

Agriculture and Hydraulic Facilities of Centre-Nord

(DRAAH-CN) where 14 LIPs field officers and 4 staff of

the DRAAH were trained on rice production techniques.

The DRAAH staff also conducted field monitoring visits

on ViM activities and provided technical input to LIP

officers and beneficiaries.

The Regional Department of Environment, Green

Economy and Climate Change of Centre-North

(DREEVCC-CN), conducted additional training sessions

for 1,793 women among the PM2A mother leader animators (MLA) in improved mud stove

construction and maintenance. As a result of this training, 2,142 stoves were constructed by

1,793 MLA in Q3. Both monitoring and supervision by ViM staff of these training sessions and

discussions on the ground revealed positive feedback from the MLA, who recognized the benefit

of using improved mud stoves in term of gain of cooking time, saving fire wood, and saving time

to spend for production tasks.

2. SO2: INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES

IR 2.1: Improved market linkages Activity 2.1.1 Train producers on the Farming as a Family Business approach

ViM increased the business skills of beneficiaries throughout Q3 in the four targeted communes.

A total of 7,505 producers, including 69% women, were trained on how to develop agricultural

Tool kits provided to livestock producers

Women creating mud stoves


calendars/action plans, prepare records, estimate inputs, operate an account, and carry out

collective purchases of inputs. Moreover, the literacy training provided by ViM has brought

about a progressive positive change in management and business skills among the producers.

Observation noted improved input procurement processes and increased sales. In the commune

of Barsalogho, for example, 211 sorghum producers (55% women) and cowpea groups

purchased 159 kg of improved seed, 3,250 kg of fertilizer NPK, and 150 kg of urea, totaling

FCFA 1,681,900. In the commune of Kaya, a group sale of 325 bags (100 kg each) of cowpeas

transacted by the Departmental Union of Cowpea Producers earned FCFA 10,248,500 this

quarter.

Activity 2.1.2 Link producer groups to markets

ViM continued to increase and maintain linkages between producer groups and the market to

improve the producers’ incomes. ViM linked the Provincial Union of Cowpea producers of

Sanmatenga to the Société Nationale de Gestion des Stocks de Sécurité (SONAGESS) for

preliminary contact that could result in increased purchase of cowpea in the coming months and

possibly a sustained business relationship. ViM also assisted its cowpea producers to participate

in a cowpea trade fair in Kongoussi, where they established contacts that will build business

relationships.

In Q3 ViM assisted its beneficiaries for the following sales:

297 producers (71% women) from 17 producer groups sold 40 MT of cowpeas

(compared with 107.268 MT in Q2) for FCFA 12 661 695 (compared with FCFA

29,361,318 in Q2. The prices increased in Q2 from FCFA 27,371 to 31,654 per 100 kg

bag in Q3, which is a 15.64 % overall increase. ViM will intensify the "warrantage" to

allow producers to sell when prices are higher to increase their income.

685 onion producers (63% women) from 54 groups sold approximately 379,594 MT for

FCFA 47,126,834 (compared with FCFA 3,329,700 in Q2). The price of onions has

significantly increased this quarter, especially in June.

400 small ruminant producers (62 % women) from 53 groups, sold 585 small ruminants

(compared with 444 heads in Q2) for FCFA 22,629,850 (compared with FCFA

13,132,100 in Q2).

162 poultry producers (60% women) belonging to 20 groups sold 199 chickens

(compared with 769 heads by 150 producers in Q2), for a total of FCFA 1,901,050 CFAF

(compared with FCFA 1,690,100 in Q2).

Finally, ViM met with Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel–Accelerated Growth

(REGIS-AG) and REGIS-ER to plan joint market linkage actions for Q4 and beyond, such as

trade fairs and meetings between producers and potential buyers of cowpeas, poultry, and small

ruminants.

Activity 2.1.3 Work with the « le ministère de la promotion de la femme et du genre » to

improve women’s empowerment

ViM intensified its activities to empower women by improving its collaboration with the

Regional Directorate of Women, National Solidarity, and the Family in line with the project’s

gender and exit strategy. Three meetings were organized to identify and then promote areas of

off-farm activities to increase women’s income. In total, 157 women from nine women groups

participated in these meetings. The activities that showed the most potential for development


included manufacture of ball and liquid soap; sales of groundnut seeds; storage and sales of

onion; dyeing; weaving; sewing; local soumbala production, sale, and processing; preparation of

dolo (local drink); and the preparation of couscous, cakes, and biscuits made from cowpeas and

mixed soy kebabs with beans. In addition to these meetings, four information sessions on the

rights of women were held with 17 mixed groups in ViM’s targeted communes. In total, 345

people participated, of whom 56% were women.

Seeking to further empower women, ViM, in partnership with Radio Rural International (RRI),

intensified the dissemination of gender sensitive messages through local radios. RRI, worked the

Regional Directorate of Women, National Solidarity and the Family and a local radio station

(Radio Manegda) to develop a series of radio broadcasts on strengthening the role of women in

food security. Through this effort, 12 radio programs focused on three themes: agricultural

organization, production techniques and means. Ten community listening groups (GECs) have

been set up in five villages (one GEC for women and one for men). These listening groups

interacted, calling into the programs and shared their points of view. This included observations

and then constructive suggestions for further empowerment of women in general and in the

project area in particular. During the first two radio broadcasts, approximately 40 callers

participated in the discussion and hundreds of beeps voting to continue these broadcasts.

Additionally, 328 sessions were held to sensitize communities on women's leadership. LIPs field

officers conducted these sessions, benefiting 299 producer groups and 6,321 producers (78%

women). As a result of the actions implemented in Q3, field monitoring visits by ViM and its

partner staff revealed a greater participation and empowerment of women in project activities.

The LIPs field officers also observed that women participated more in decision making about the

functioning of their respective organizations and in their respective households.

Activity 2.1.4 Identify and support non-farm employment and microenterprise opportunities

ViM assessed 14 of the 19 off-farm initiatives that are receiving subgrants and already

operational on the ground. Out of these 19 subgrants, the quarterly turnover in earnings was

FCFA 12,895,134 compared to the subgrant amount awarded for the 19 initiatives totaling FCFA

12,367,750. The operating expenses totaled FCFA 10,337,377 during the same period, with a

profit margin of FCFA 2,557,766.

In analyzing the 14 micro-enterprises evaluated for the period from Q1 to Q3, they earned a total

of FCFA 54,165,934, with cumulative total operating expenditures comprising FCFA

43,221,350, and a total profit of FCFA 10,944,593. The revenues earned from these off-farm

activities served for payment of school fees for children, reinvestment and construction of new

buildings totaling FCFA 3,700,000. These enterprises also procured new production

machines/tools, purchases animals for fattening, procured cows (FCFA 930,000), that further

diversified their sources of income and covered household expenses.

The results of the subgrants show that off-farm activities can make a significant contribution to

building the resilience of producers and diversify their income. By the end of Q3, ViM has

supported a total of 27 micro-enterprises through subgrants at a total cost of FCFA 27,118,840,

or FCFA 18,216,500 (67%) in grant funding and FCFA 8,902,340 (33%) as the beneficiaries’

contributions.


Activity 2.1.5 Explore increasing locally produced complementary foods

ViM continued its efforts to increase the consumption of local complementary food composed of

local products with high nutritional value through producers’ information/awareness-raising

sessions. These sessions reached a total of 2,035

producers, (74% of which are women). To diversify

the inputs of nutrients in the diet of households, ViM

continued to promote the production of the orange

fleshed sweet potato (PDCO), especially for irrigated

vegetable gardens. By Q3, producers achieved an

overall production of 2,681 kg of PDCO in the

communes of Kaya and Pissila.

During the quarter, in the commune of Barsalogho,

203 women from 90 producer groups produced

1,265.5 kg of flour enriched with local products. Also

222 women from 85 groups processed and conserved 513 kg of Moringa and Adansonia leaves

for exclusive home consumption. Monitoring and Evaluation of the use of local products of high

nutritional value crops showed that transformation and consumption of Moringa is increasingly

incorporated into the population’s diet. The most used parts are leaves and seeds, either as food

supplements or tablets.

IR 2.2: Access to business development services is improved

Activity 2.2.1 Improve access to formal credit

During Q3, the warrantage activity conducted by producer

groups in previous quarters was completed through the sales of

the products that were stored. Of the 838 bags of agricultural

products used for the warrantage in previous quarters, 435 bags

were sold this quarter to local merchants for a turnover of FCFA

12,323,500. This allowed participating producers to repay the

entire credit of FCFA 9,416,511 initially contracted and resulting

in a financial gain of FCFA 2,906,989. ViM also supported the

Departmental Union of Cowpea Producers to obtain formal

credit in the amount of FCFA 8,000,000. The credit was used to

purchase inputs for rainy season production needs.

Activity 2.2.2 Establish women’s savings groups

ViM continued to establish women’s savings groups in order to

increase their access to credit. To this end, ViM renewed its partnership agreement with Caisse

Populaire (CP) in Q3 with the objective of establishing added women’s savings groups, increase

their access to credit, monitor existing groups already formed, and form new savings groups in

ViM targeted villages. At total of 1,146 members from 77 existing savings groups received credit

in the amount of FCFA 13,785,000. Also, 60 new saving groups composed of 1,319 women

beneficiaries were formed. By the end of Q3, a total of 137 existing and new village saving

groups composed of a total of 2,168 women were operational. The total amount of credit granted

to these women totaled FCFA 101,885,000, or an average of FCFA 46,990 per beneficiary,

against a cumulative savings of FCFA 8,678,000. Loan repayments in this quarter equaled FCFA

Harvest of PDCO

PDCO Harvested


79,797,500. The credits granted were used for the development of mainly small ruminants

fattening, inputs procurement for gardening activities, and petty trade.

Specific training was provided to these saving

groups’ members on savings, credit

management, income management, and income

generating activities.

During Q3, ViM also continued its

collaboration with Organisation Catholique

pour le Développement et la Solidarité

(OCADES) to further develop Savings and

Internal Lending Communities (SILC), aiming

to allow access to credit for farmers,

particularly the most vulnerable. A total of 358

producers engaged in SILC activities benefited

from credit in the amount of FCFA 3,867,000,

i.e. an average of FCFA 10,800 per recipient, at

an interest rate of 10%, in Q3.

The SILC activity is a cyclical activity, with cycles that vary from eight to 12 months. At the end

of the cycle each member retrieves his/her savings and the value of interest earned is shared

proportionately with each member of the group. The amount of credit allocated through SILC

totaled FCFA 5,000 to 10,000 for one month for women and from 10,000 to 25,000 for men.

Beneficiaries use this mainly for very small businesses.

Activity 2.2.3 Improve pricing information systems

Producers who engaged in the platform SIMAgri continued to receive mobile phone information

about agricultural products and other market information.

SO3: REDUCE CHRONIC MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE AND

PREGNANT AND LACTATING WOMEN

IR 3.1: Improved Maternal and Child Health (MCHN) Practices

Activity 3.1.1 Conduct formative research on key health and nutrition behaviors.

This activity was fully implemented in Year 1.

Activity 3.1.2 Enact community mobilization and mass communication messaging

The project held the last step of the current cycle of village health and nutrition committee

(VHNC) trainings this quarter focusing on the community action cycle. All of the VHNCs in the

199 villages are now able to advise community members on optimal health behaviors, including

Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices, handwashing with soap, and other hygiene

practices. VHNC members are also more familiar with the community action cycle and are able

to assist individual households and whole villages identify the best ways to address the different

underlying causes of chronic malnutrition. In Q3, ViM convened VHNCs from different villages

to participate together in supportive supervision meetings. The goal of this activity was to

strengthen VHNCs’ organizational capacities to implement their community action plans and to

SILC group


raise their levels of engagement. VHNCs were asked to report the mid-term results of their

respective actions for the prevention of chronic malnutrition. The meetings gave each VHNC an

opportunity to:

Report on the progress of activities and challenges encountered;

Identify solutions to problems and alternative strategies for dealing with challenges

encountered; and

Develop new plans of action for the next six months.

A total of 1,232 VHNC members from 143 villages participated in the meetings. The exercise of

reviewing the action plans developed during the initial VHNC training was useful for helping

members get used to systematically reviewing the progress and results of their activities.

Mass communication

During the reporting period, the project worked with a local radio station to draft three scripts for

short radio programs on the topic of complementary feeding that will be translated into the local

Burkinabe languages of Mooré and Fulfuldé for diffusion. These programs will be broadcasted in

July and August, pending available funding.

An agreement was signed with the districts of Kaya and Barsalogho to permit them to screen

videos on exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding and handwashing between the months

of June and September. During the reporting period, 30 of the 120 screenings were performed in

30 villages. The remaining are scheduled to be screened next quarter.

Activity 3.1.3 Establish individual and community social behavior change (SBC) through

Animatrices

This quarter ViM organized a practical hygiene training for mother leader animatrices (MLA)

along with two members from each VHNC. The training focused on handwashing, including

how to make simple handwashing devices, like the “Tippy Tap”. At the end of this one-day

training, each MLA received a water container and a cord and are now able to replicate the

training for different groups in their communities. The project planned to begin working with

secondary audiences during the reporting period, focusing on grandmothers and husbands.

However, this activity was delayed because of insufficient funds.

In all, 2,369 persons, including 374 VHNC members and 1,995 MLAs, benefited from the

training. Attendees are now able to make handwashing devices for use in their own households

and train community members to do the same. The existence of such devices in the household

serves as a reminder of the importance of handwashing at critical moments. The VHNC

members trained under this activity will assist households to build handwashing devices.

Activity 3.1.4 Distribute food rations to children under two and pregnant and lactating women

This past quarter the ViM project distributed 204,165 MT of food commodities, with the support

of the village food management committees. The table below provides a breakdown of the kinds

and quantities of commodities distributed:

Split Yellow Peas Corn Soy Blend 13 Fortified Vegetable Oil

Volume distributed (MT) 126.858 18.786 58.521


Also this quarter, 404.82MT (278.07MT of Split Yellow Peas; 15.88MT of CSB13 and

110.87MT of Fortified Vegetable Oil) of food commodities were pre-positioned in 32 sites to

avoid inaccessibility of these commodities during the rainy season of June to September.

IR 3.2: Improved quality of health services

Activity 3.2.1 Provide logistic, training, and outreach support for Ministry of Health (MoH)

MCHN service delivery initiatives

During this quarter, 1,385 growth monitoring and promotion sessions were organized at health

facilities during which 5,427 children were weighed (including 2,891 girls and 2,536 boys). The

children’s mothers also received health promotion sessions. In order to assess the quality of the

growth monitoring and promotion sessions and the accompanying health promotion, ViM is

planning a post-training monitoring visit next quarter for the 30 health centers in the project area.

This visit will be conducted by project staff and staff of the Ministry of Health.

Activity 3.2.2 Strengthen screening, referral to and training of health facility and community

staff who provide services to address acute malnutrition through Community Management of

Acute Malnutrition and follow up of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) cases

Data for malnutrition screening, referrals, and case monitoring were collected from community-

based health agents by the project’s health and nutrition promotors, and are summarized below.

- A total of 13,655 screenings of children 6 to 59 months for malnutrition, with 627 potential

cases identified (4.6% of total number of child screenings).

- Of the 627 potential cases, 417 potential cases of moderate acute malnutrition were identified

(223 girls and 194 boys); and 210 potential cases of severe acute malnutrition were identified

(98 girls and 112 boys).

- Of the 627 potential cases identified by Community Health Agent (CHA), 509 were referred

to the Primary Health Care Center (CSPS) and of those, 201 of these were confirmed cases of

malnutrition. Not all referrals were seen immediately at the CSPS; sometimes mothers return

home with their children first and may not alert the CHW when they do finally go to the

CSPS. The cost of transportation to the CSPS is also sometimes a barrier to case

management. This quarter CHW made home visits to 481 potential cases of malnutrition in

children from this and previous period’s screenings, to encourage the mothers who had not

yet done so to take their child to the CSPS, or to follow up on treatment prescribed by

government heath personnel.

Activity 3.2.3 Conduct Partner-Defined Quality (PDQ) process

Implementation of the PDQ process is ongoing at 10 CSPS. The quality teams at each of the 10

CSPS held monthly meetings during which the nurses/health center officers reported on trends in

indicators compared to the same period of the previous year. For example, in the CSPS of

Guinbdila, which was one of the first CSPS to experiment the PDQ process, the number of

assisted deliveries went from 40% to 80%. However, we cannot justify that this increase is due to

the PDQ only. Thirty problem-solving meetings were also held, with 98 out of 119 members of

CSPS Quality Implementation teams (QIT) participating. These meetings provided an

opportunity to report on progress implementing the action plans and to assess any changes in the

implementation of the Partner-Defined Quality process. To measure the impact of the PDQ

approach, the ViM M&E team conducted a qualitative survey, the results of which will be

available next quarter.


Activity 3.2.4 Strengthen community case management of diarrhea

This reporting period, the CHAs were consulted on 816 cases of diarrhea. Among these, 474

(58%) were treated by the CHA themselves; 342 cases were assessed serious enough to be

referred to the closest health center for treatment. Some CHA reported being obliged to refer

cases to health centers because they did not have sufficient quantities of Oral Rehydration Salts

(ORS) and Zinc.

Activity 3.2.5 Advocate for integrating community-based health agents in the health system,

and support similar efforts

N/A this quarter.

Activity 3.2.6 Implement a nutrition and food security surveillance pilot project to integrate

into related Government policies and programs

Data on food security, child nutrition, and hygiene and sanitation conditions are collected

monthly or quarterly from children and at the household level, from six different sites. The

project reached 157 children and 145 households during the reporting period. Findings include:

Household Food Insecurity Access Scale: The rate of households experiencing food insecurity

during the reporting period was reported at 46.49%. Although this represents an increase over the

last quarter (27% of households experiencing food insecurity) it is still less than the rate reported

the same period the previous year (2015), which was 55.46%.

Children’s nutritional status: Compared to the same period in 2015, there is an improvement

in the number of food groups consumed. This quarter, 70.68% of children monitored were

reported to be consuming foods from at least four of the seven food groups, whereas only

68.39% of children were reported to be doing so at the same last year during the third quarter.

This quarter, 70.09% of children monitored were reported to be receiving the minimally

appropriate number of feedings/meals. However, the same indicator was measured at 77.32% at

the same time last year. This reduction could be explained by the fact that several children exited

the program and were replaced by children who received less feedings than the ones who exited.

Latrine use: Compared to data from the same quarter in 2015, the data show a slight increase in

household use of latrines. The rate of access to and use of latrines rose from 40.5% in 2015 to

40.87% in 2016.

Activity 3.2.7 Contribute to the development of national policies for infant and young child

feeding (IYCF)

No activity was implemented this quarter.

IR 3.3: Improved Hygiene and Sanitation Practices

Activity 3.3.1 Implement Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach

This quarter, ViM trained the members of CLTS committees in the 10 new CLTS villages. A

total of 160 committee members participated in these trainings, including 68 women and 92 men.

The training served to improve participants’ knowledge of the risks related to fecal

contamination, of fecal-oral transmission routes and barriers, of hygiene and sanitation concepts


including handwashing, and of use and maintenance of latrines. In addition, participants acquired

the knowledge and skills necessary to develop action plans and to hold community meetings.

The project also provided CLTS committees with the tools necessary for implementing CLTS

activities. The CLTS committees will be responsible for conducting home visits to promote

latrine construction, use, and maintenance, as well as handwashing at critical moments.

Activity 3.3.2 Promote Essential Hygiene Actions (EHAs) through care groups and CLTS

activities

CLTS committees organize informal discussions to share information and raise awareness

around hygiene. This quarter 1,080 sessions were organized with a total of 4,954 persons

participating, including 2,174 men, 2,129 women, and 651 children (615 boys and 36 girls). In

ViM intervention villages, eight latrines were built by community members with their own

resources and 19 through the support of other partners. A total of 196 simple handwashing

devices were made by households using only their own resources—evidence of the effectiveness

of the project’s hygiene and sanitation education activities.

Activity 3.3.3 Construct and Rehabilitate Existing Water Sanitation Facilities

Construction of two new latrines is ongoing and nearing completion at the Dibilou CSPS in

Pissila Commune and at the Basma CSPS in Barsalogho Commune. It is expected that these

latrines will be finalized in August pending the availability of funding.

4. MONITORING AND EVALUATION

The key monitoring and evaluation activities conducted in Q3 are as follows:

A specific survey was initiated in order to assess the effects of ViM activities on

beneficiaries: data collected from a sample of 1,410 beneficiaries, data entry and cleaning;

the results will be available in Q4;

Training of the LIPs staff about the output indicators data collection tools aiming to ensure

the quality of data collected;

30 focus groups to collect qualitative data from the Partner-Defined Quality process actors. A

report of the findings from these focus groups will be available next quarter.

Next quarter, the M&E team will move forward, in conjunction with the technical specialists, on

the preparation of the study to evaluate the effectiveness of social behavior change and

communications strategies. The study will be carried out next quarter.

5. CROSS CUTTING ACTIVITES

5.1 Gender

ViM hired a new gender specialist which allowed an intensification of the implementation of the

gender strategy throughout the quarter. The gender specialist worked closely with the staff to

ensure that the vast majority of ViM supported group members who are women further benefited

from this quarter’s training and sensitization. This mainly included sensitization on the

leadership of women in rural areas, enabling them to cope in their groups, their households, and

at the village level. Activities related to literacy and access to credit addressed the specific needs

of women in term of the times and places of activities to maximize their participation. This

quarter a particular focus was given to the theme 'reconciliation of the role of spouse, mother and

women leaders, aiming to improve the empowerment of women in rural areas.


5.2 Environment

ViM continued to monitor the implementation of the mitigation of environmental impacts during

the implementation of activities in line with the approved PERSUAP and EMMP requirements.

This quarter this included a focus on the irrigation sites and most importantly on the lowland

sites. To this end, consultation meetings with the lowland management committees and with the

Association pour la Promotion de la Foresterie et de l’Agro foresterie (APAF) were held to

identify ways to establish living fences at all low land site in Q4.

To support producers to systematically integrate the protection of the environment into

preparation for the agricultural rainy season, the LIPs field officer conducted information and

awareness sessions on the importance, use, and control of pesticides approved by the PERSUAP,

and good management of pesticide packaging. Emphasis was also placed on the use of biological

pesticides, such as extracts of the leaves and seeds of Azadirachta Indica, for pest control.

5.3 Food security situation in ViM intervention area

Food availability

This quarter the main staple crops remain available on local markets while some producers still

have residual stock of food. Different markets have been regularly supplied with food by traders.

An average of two meals per day was still reported in most of households. No unexpected food

crisis was reported in ViM intervention area during the quarter.

Price trends on the local market

Agriculture products

The chart below provides the evolution of the prices of the five staple crops (sorghum, millet,

maize, cowpea, and peanut) in ViM’s intervention area. As demonstrated, there was an increase

in the price of all crops compared to Q2. The same trend is observed compared to FY 2015 Q3

prices except for sorghum and millet, which registered a decrease of 4% and 8%, respectively.

The increase in prices in Q3 compared to Q2 could be explained partially by the fact that lean

season usually starts in June. During the lean season, farmers have reduced stocks of food and

most have to buy food at the market. Compared to the prices in FY 2015 Q3, the explanation

could be the relative low yields of crops due to climatic hazards that affected the levels of

production during the 2015 rainy season. Cowpea and groundnut were especially sensitive to

these risks. Maize that is not largely planted in the area follows the logic of supply and demand.


Livestock

Poultry prices relatively declined compared to Q2, except for the price of hens, which has

remained stable. Compared to FY 2015 Q3, prices have not experienced significant changes,

except for guinea fowl, which has experienced a decrease of 8%. For small ruminants, there is a

clear evolution of prices as well compared to Q2 of the current fiscal year and Q3 of FY 2015.

6. FOOD AID QUALITY REVIEW

ViM continued to support the FAQR comparison study of four different supplementary foods in Q3.

A separate substantive Quarterly Report for the FAQR study has been submitted by Tufts University

to the USAID/FFP Agreements Officer Representative about the study.

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Evolution of small ruminant prices

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ANNEX: SUCCESS STORY

“My name is SAWADOGO Bibata, one of ViM PM2A Mother Leaders from the village of

Koglobaraogo in the commune of Namissiguima. I have benefited from funding from the ViM

project in 2015 for the processing of agricultural products into juice, through the project small

grant program aiming to support off farm enterprises. This grant, in the form of equipment

consisted of a fridge, gas cylinders and coolers, have been handed to me by His Excellency the

Ambassador of the USA in Burkina on May 13, 2015. The value of the grant was FCFA

1,385,000 including a subsidy of FCFA 1,100,000 and my own contribution of FCFA 285,000.

In June 2016, one year after I started my off farm enterprise, I obtained a profit margin of FCFA

1,558,000. This profits allowed me to purchase 150 kg of fertilizer for FCFA 50 000 for our farm

against 25 kg only last year, a pair of stroke oxen for field work and a bike for my child. I am

very happy and thank the American people and the other actors in the ViM project. May God

bless them and give them long life.”

The US Ambassador giving the materials to Bibata

May 13, 2015

SAWADOGO Bibata in her production site, June 2016

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