Burkina Faso, February 2021
Working Week for the finalization of NRDS II Concept Notes in Burkina Faso
To mitigate the effects of the food price crisis (2008), the Ministry in charge of Agriculture of Burkina Faso in collaboration with donors and the main actors of the rice sector, had adopted a National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS I), which expired in 2018. The assessment of the implementation of the strategy showed encouraging results characterized by an average annual growth rate in local rice production over the period of around 14%.
Building on this result and being aware of the newly emerging challenges and the opportunities in the rice sector, the Government, with the support of the CARD, developed a second generation of National Rice Development Strategy which was validated on January 28th, 2021.
The quantitative objectives set by this strategy include the production of: (i) 1,000,000 tons of paddy by 2021, (ii) 2,000,000 tons by 2027 and (iii) 3,000,000 tons by 2030. Achieving these targets require exceptional efforts by the stakeholders. A workshop was organized (from January 18 to 23, 2021) by the NRDS taskforce members for the development of concept notes that will lead to the operationalization of the NRDS II. At the end of this first workshop, five Project Identification Form (PIF) were developed covering the needs identified along the rice value chain.
To finalize these 5 project concepts and determine the costs of their implementation, a second workshop was organized by the taskforce during 22-26, February 2021.
Key Results.
Building on the results of the first working week on the development of NRDS II concept notes, the members of the Rice Task Force in Burkina Faso finalized the five (5) project identification form (PIF) and estimated their costs through a participatory approach. The table below gives a summary of the results obtained.
Table summarizing the project ideas for the implementation of the NRDS II of Burkina Faso
| Title of the project | General objective | Specific objectives | Cost (FCFA, billion) |
| Rice production systems intensification project | Contribute to sustainable increase in rice production through the intensification of production systems adapted to the context of climate change | SO1: Develop production support infrastructures
SO2: Increase the availability and accessibility of quality inputs SO3: Strengthen the technical and organizational capacities of stakeholders |
980.6 |
| Project to support the Mechanization of the Rice Sector in Burkina Faso | Improve the efficiency of production and post-harvest operations through the use of machinery and equipment | SO1: Facilitate access to farm equipment
SO2: Ensure the sustainability of mechanization |
51.7 |
| Burkina Rice Processing Support Project | Contribute to improving the quality of rice in Burkina Faso through an efficient processing system. | SO1: Ensure sustainable supply of paddy to processors
SO2: Facilitate access to infrastructure, equipment and maintenance services for processing units SO3: Strengthen operational capacities of processors |
12.5 |
| Burkina rice competitiveness improvement project | Improve the market competitiveness of the local rice in Burkina | SO1: Improve the marketing of paddy
SO2: Reduce rice production costs SO3: Promote the Burkina rice label |
4.0 |
| Project to strengthen research and the capacities of actors in the rice value chain | Contribute to strengthening the capacities of research and actors in the rice value chain | SO1: Develop and disseminate technologies on rice cultivation
SO2: Support the organizations along the RVC SO3: Strengthen technical and operational capacities of the actors along the RVC |
2.8 |
| Total |
1,051.6 | ||
Based on the results of the workshop, the funding required to achieve the mid-term NRDS II objectives is estimated as FCFA 1 trillion. This financing requirement includes both indirect costs that are not attributable to NRDS II as well as resources that are already available or programmed. Hence, refinement work to estimate the real financing needs is underway. Following the completion of this work, a workshop to validate the concept notes will be organized. The validated concept notes will then be shared with donors through an analyses of funding possibilities, commonly called “fund matching”, before organizing a roundtable of donors.
Participants in workshop
