Building trust in the sesame value chain in Burkina Faso

Published 2022년 1월 25일

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The article highlights a collaborative effort by various organizations to enhance the sustainability and inclusivity of the sesame value chain in Burkina Faso, focusing on the poor central-eastern region. This initiative, funded by the Belgian development agency, Enabel, aims to boost the professionalism of 154 farmers' organizations and agribusinesses, thereby increasing their competitiveness and access to fair trade practices. The project uses the Link Methodology to devise inclusive business strategies with buyer companies, providing capacity building in governance, management, and quality standards. A notable B2B meeting in Koupéla led to the establishment of formal sales agreements, demonstrating significant progress towards sustainable and profitable trade for local farmers.

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Building trust in the sesame value chain in Burkina Faso December is harvest time in central-eastern Burkina Faso. The sesame and soya fields cultivated between June and October are full of people harvesting. This landscape provides the right setting for sesame farmers' organisations and exporting companies to cultivate sustainable and inclusive trade agreements. Read how we did it in a two-day business-to-business (B2B) meeting in Koupéla. The central-eastern region of Burkina is one of the poorest in the country. The producers - not surprisingly - receive low profits from the sale of sesame, soya and non-timber forest products (NTFP) such as shea fruits for shea butter, neem fruits and balanites. Although sesame has a high market price, the limited entrepreneurial capacity and professionalisation conditions in which the farmers’ organisations operate limit their access to fair prices and formal business opportunities. For example, in 2015, although sesame prices were ...

Source: Rikolto