Day: February 24, 2024

Ouagadougou: Farmer Saïdou Ouédraogo assured that Burkina Faso’s food sovereignty requires crops such as sorghum and millet, on the contrary, according to him, corn which consumes more inputs and water.

‘We were made to believe that our food sovereignty depends on corn and we have abandoned sorghum and millet,’ farmer and breeder Saïdou Ouédraogo lamented yesterday Thursday.

According to Mr. Ouédraogo, Western countries have started to focus on sorghum cultivation to cope with climate change.

Unlike corn, ‘sorghum requires less water and fewer inputs,’ he assured.

The Sissili producer spoke Thursday in Komsilga, during a panel on agroecology, organized on the sidelines of the International Agricultural and Livestock Show (SIAEL), in partnership with the Network of Peasant Organizations and West African Agricultural Producers (ROPPA).

For Saïdou Ouédraogo, the West made African farmers believe that its farming practices were the best.

He welcomed the return of the practice of agroecology to the habits of
African producers.

According to the sustainable development economist, Clémence Samba Lankoandé, agroecology is ‘the golden method for healthily feeding populations’, through the use of natural fertilizers in production and the fight against pests.

The practice allows us to protect the soil in the long term and avoid food poisoning due to pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

However, during the first years of using organic manure, the producer will see his production drop before an increase in the following years.

This is why Ms. Lompo calls for supporting producers during the ‘agroecological transition’ phase, through the financing of related activities to make up for these temporary declines.

For the Malian rice producer, Farilou Boly, agroecology makes it possible to achieve food security while ensuring the health security of consumers.

Chemical inputs deteriorate the soil and cause diseases, but it is not a question of abandoning them completely, but of knowing how to ‘dose’ them in order to be able
to bequeath cultivable land to the future generation, explained Mr. Boly

Source: Burkina Information Agency

New methods of treating chronic pain attracted the interest of many participants at the 8th national conference on “pain control 2024”, which ended on Saturday in Sousse.

This two-day national conference was organised by the Association for Health Education in Emergency Medicine, with the participation of pain and emergency medicine specialists from Tunisia and abroad.

Sonia Khalbous, a specialist in pain treatment at the Rabta Hospital in Tunis, told TAP foreign specialists presented new research on pain treatment, including ozone therapy, during the conference.

This medical congress included workshops on non-medicinal therapeutic methods, which have produced satisfactory results for patients suffering from chronic illnesses and pain, she added.

For his part, Riadh Boukef, Head of the Emergency Department at Sahloul Hospital in Sousse and Secretary General of the Tunisian Association of Emergency Medicine, noted that the aim of this 8th congress was to exchange expertise and establish the scientific base
s adopted on an international scale.

Boukef added that the event was an opportunity to raise awareness among medics and paramedics in emergency departments of the need to opt for new methods of treating pain.

“The research presented at this conference underlines the importance of treating pain as a matter of urgency first, then looking at its causes and introducing new treatment methods to complement drugs, according to the head of the emergency department.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Ouagadougou: Farmer Saïdou Ouédraogo assured that Burkina Faso’s food sovereignty requires crops such as sorghum and millet, on the contrary, according to him, corn which consumes more inputs and water.

‘We were made to believe that our food sovereignty depends on corn and we have abandoned sorghum and millet,’ farmer and breeder Saïdou Ouédraogo lamented yesterday Thursday.

According to Mr. Ouédraogo, Western countries have started to focus on sorghum cultivation to cope with climate change.

Unlike corn, ‘sorghum requires less water and fewer inputs,’ he assured.

The Sissili producer spoke Thursday in Komsilga, during a panel on agroecology, organized on the sidelines of the International Agricultural and Livestock Show (SIAEL), in partnership with the Network of Peasant Organizations and West African Agricultural Producers (ROPPA).

For Saïdou Ouédraogo, the West made African farmers believe that its farming practices were the best.

He welcomed the return of the practice of agroecology to the habits of
African producers.

According to the sustainable development economist, Clémence Samba Lankoandé, agroecology is ‘the golden method for healthily feeding populations’, through the use of natural fertilizers in production and the fight against pests.

The practice allows us to protect the soil in the long term and avoid food poisoning due to pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

However, during the first years of using organic manure, the producer will see his production drop before an increase in the following years.

This is why Ms. Lompo calls for supporting producers during the ‘agroecological transition’ phase, through the financing of related activities to make up for these temporary declines.

For the Malian rice producer, Farilou Boly, agroecology makes it possible to achieve food security while ensuring the health security of consumers.

Chemical inputs deteriorate the soil and cause diseases, but it is not a question of abandoning them completely, but of knowing how to ‘dose’ them in order to be able
to bequeath cultivable land to the future generation, explained Mr. Boly

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: ECOWAS lifted on Saturday, with immediate effect, the heavy sanctions on Niger, taken in July 2023 after a coup d’état.

The lifting of sanctions took place during an extraordinary summit in Abuja, Nigeria, bringing together ECOWAS heads of state.

It also comes less than a month after the decisions of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the body with immediate effect.

As a reminder, a week after the putsch of July 23, ECOWAS took a battery of sanctions against Niger, to demand the return of President Mohamed Bazoum to business under penalty of armed intervention.

It was about:

1. Closure of land and air borders between ECOWAS countries and Niger;

2. Establishment of the ECOWAS no-fly zone on all commercial flights to and from Niger;

3. Suspension of all commercial and financial transactions between ECOWAS Member States and Niger;

4. Freezing of all service transactions, including public services;

5. Freezing of the assets of the Republic of Niger in the ECOWAS Central Banks;

6. Freezin
g of assets of the State of Niger and State Enterprises and parastatals in commercial banks;

7. Suspension of Niger from all financial aid and transactions with all financial institutions, in particular the EBID and the BOAD;

8. Travel ban and asset freeze for military officials involved in the coup attempt. The same goes for their family members and civilians who agree to participate in any institution or government established by these military officials;

9. Calls on UEMOA and all other regional bodies to implement this decision.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The best actors in the rural world were awarded ‘Bronze Kuuri’, ‘Silver Kuuri’ and Gold Kuuri’ on Saturday during the closing of the 7th edition of the Salon International Association for Agriculture, Environment and Livestock (SIAEL), initiated by the Association for the Development of the Rural World (ADMR).

For this 7th edition of the International Exhibition of Agriculture, Environment and Livestock (SIAEL) 2024, nine official prizes were awarded to actors in the agro-sylvo-pastoral sectors who distinguished themselves through their productions .

In the agricultural sub-sector, the Boucle du Mouhoun producer, Kani Bicaba won the Golden Kuuri with the sum of 2 million 500 thousand FCFA with equipment worth one million FCFA and a trophy.

The silver Kuuri went to the producer, Yvonne Kiénou. She obtained a trophy and equipment worth 750 thousand FCFA.

The producer, Bihoun Bambou is distributed with the bronze Kuuri and equipment worth 500 thousand FCFA.

In the livestock sub-sector, Lassané
Sawadogo, from the Center region won the Golden Kuuri and received the same amount and equipment as the best producer Bicaba.

The silver Kuuri and the bronze Kuuri returned respectively to the Achrisma agro-pastoral farm and the Sahel Moné Richard agricultural complex with a trophy, 7,000,000 and 500 FCFA with equipment.

Concerning the environment sub-sector, Salifou Ouédraogo came out on top with the Kuuri d’or, winning the same amount as the best producers and breeders.

The silver Kuuri and the bronze Kuuri were offered to the Femme 2000 association and to Fatoumata Sory.

They received the sums of 750 thousand and 500 thousand FCFA respectively with trophies.

Special prizes such as the best processor of non-wood forest products, the best women’s group, the best organic producer, and the best stand were revealed for this purpose.

The general commissioner of SIAEL 2024 and president of ADMR, Jean Victor Ouédraogo explained that actors from the rural world contribute to the development of Burkina Faso.

To listen, Mr. Ouédraogo, the future of Burkina Faso rests on agriculture, the environment and livestock.

‘This is the first time that we have managed to mobilize more than 270 stands and countries came from almost everywhere, especially from Mali with more than 57 people including presidents of the different sectors,’ he said.

According to him, the 5-day meeting brought together countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Senegal, Niger and Ivory Coast.

Jean Victor Ouédraogo wanted, among other things, ‘the national operation, a village, a water reservoir’, to allow young people to produce to develop the country.

‘We develop through agriculture, the environment and livestock and I call on young people that no one will come and develop Burkina Faso without themselves,’ he maintained.

The golden Kuuri in breeding, Lassané Sawadogo having passed from the Kalashnikov to the stick says he inherits his profession from his ancestors.

For Mr. Sawadogo, one must have patience to achieve the goal
set in the field of breeding.

Same story for the octogenarian, the golden Kuuri in environment.

Salifou Ouédraogo says he noticed that men plant mango trees and not baobabs and that is why he launched into this field.

‘I have a 35 ha baobab orchard with 300 trees per hectare. For two years I have had a water problem,’ he added.

As a reminder, the SIAEL took place from February 20 to 24, 2024 in the rural commune of Komsilga under the theme ‘Impact of the security crisis on the agro-sylvo-pastoral sector: inventory and perspectives’ with the guest country of honor Mali.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Burkinabè Sambo sports association, in partnership with the African Initiative association, organized a Sambo competition on Saturday to strengthen links between practitioners from Burkina, Mali and Niger.

‘Sport is a key area of our association. We want to make people known through sport, culture, education and science,’ declares Azenwo Soumaïla Ayo, President of the African Initiative Association.

For him, sport is a means through which the people of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) manage to fraternize.

Mr. Ayo spoke on Saturday in Ouagadougou on the occasion of the first edition of the ‘Vladimir Poutine’ international Sambo tournament.

The competition saw the participation of 27 Burkinabè practitioners, 9 Malians, 9 Nigeriens and 2 Russians.

‘We witnessed a great tournament with really committed athletes. The public also came out massively to support the actors,’ rejoices the President of African Initiative.

Sambo is a martial art and combat sport consisting of the techniques of w
restling, judo, karate, boxing and various traditional wrestling body forms.

This tournament brought together men and women athletes in the -58 kg, -64 kg, -71 kg and under 98 kg categories.

‘Sambo tournaments are organized all over the world. We added the name of the Russian president with the aim of bringing the two peoples together,’ says Dapla Palenfo, President of the Burkinabè Sambo sports association.

‘With the current dynamic of bringing together the people of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, we thought that sport can contribute to working to ensure that there is cohesion, understanding and above all peace’ adds Mr. Palenfo.

‘For a new discipline that is very little known, athletes are starting to get into the swing of things, we think the level is acceptable’ notes the President of the Sambo association.

At the end of the tournament, in the general ranking, Niger is declared first followed by Burkina. The podium is completed by Mali.

The under 98 kg category was won by Burkinabè Ilara Abdoul Malic
k.

Numerous prizes consisting of medals, certificates and sums of money were awarded to the most deserving.

All the stakeholders wanted to see the association become a federation in the coming years.

Sambo is a complete sport that began in 1930 in the Soviet Union, now Russia.

He entered Burkina Faso in September 2021.

The Burkinabè Sambo Sports Association (ASBS) works to promote the discipline in the land of honest men.

The ASBS estimates to date, 200 Sambo practitioners in Burkina.

It has 10 formal clubs including 4 in the central region, 3 in the northern region and 3 in the central-west.

Source: Burkina Information Agency