Members of the Provincial Transhumance Committee (COPT) of Ioba took three recommendations to facilitate animal mobility during the first session held on Monday, June 26, 2023 in Dano.
The secretary general of the province of Ioba André Lankoandé, chaired this first session of the COPT of Ioba. The inventory of transhumance at the national, regional and provincial levels were discussed.
These communications were presented by the provincial director of agriculture, animal and fishery resources (DPARAH) of Ioba Oumar Ouédraogo.
From his presentation, we note that transhumance is a seasonally or cyclically organized movement of herds in search of water, pasture and or salt cure.
It is practiced in two forms, namely national transhumance and cross-border transhumance.
According to DPARAH, transhumance allows, among other things, an increase in animal production, protection at a lower cost and a reduction in crop damage and hence conflicts between farmers and herders in the rainy season.
Mr. Ouédraogo also presented on the legislative and regulatory framework, the establishment of transhumance management bodies and the axes of cross-border transhumance.
He mentioned the situation of transhumance in 2022 and that of the first quarter of 2023. A table of the difficulties of transhumance followed by proposed solutions was presented to the members of COPT / Ioba.
These members previously followed the presentation of the regional support project for pastoralism in the Sahel phase 2 (PRAPS 2-BF). It covers six Sahelian countries.
In Burkina, the project is in its second phase, which began in 2021 and will end in 2026. The total cost of PRAPS 2 -BF amounts to more than 26 billion CFA francs, said the focal point in the south-west Wendsongda Pascal Kabore.
Ultimately, it should reach 950,000 beneficiaries with at least 30% women. Eleven regions of Burkina are covered by this project. In Ioba, a water reservoir in the form of a drinking trough and a pastoral borehole equipped with a water tower were created by PRAPS 2-BF. The project receives financial support from the World Bank.
The exchanges after these communications focused on the situation of transhumance in the province of Ioba. About twenty conflicts related to pastoralism have been recorded and managed amicably.
Only one 30 km long transhumance track between the communes of Dissihn and Zambo currently exists with occupation problems. COPT/Ioba members therefore made three recommendations to facilitate national transhumance.
It is a question of making the state of the Disshin – Zambo track for its total reopening; to identify the old existing access tracks by municipality; accelerate the establishment of village land conciliation commissions (CCFV) and village land commissions (CFV) in each commune.
The secretary general of the province of Ioba, André Lankoandé thanked all the participants for their contribution to the search for the improvement of animal health and livestock value chains without forgetting the sustainable management of the landscape.
He reiterated his gratitude to the partner PRAPS 2-BF who made it possible to hold this first session of COPT Ioba.
Source: Burkina Information Agency