Children resting under the shade of a tree in the Kaarpala District in Ouagadougou. Kaarpala is one of the poorest districts in Ouagadougou and has been severely affected by the rising food prices. 

Children playing soccer as a donkey lingers in the Kaarpala District in Ouagadougou. Kaarpala is one of the poorest districts in Ouagadougou and has been severely affected by the rising prices of food 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Scene of one of the poorest areas of Ouagadougou in the Kaarpaala District. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A woman riding her bicycle through the streets of Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A man riding his bicycle within the city of Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A woman carrying onions at a market downtown in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 

BURKINA FASO 2008. General view of the FAO Representation in Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A family making its way by donkey cart on a road near the village of Bagré. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A famer, pictured outside his home with his seeds he has received from an FAO seed and fertiliser distribution point in the village of Kibilo Tougu, on the outskirts of Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Interior view of the offices at the FAO Representation in Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Women selling maize and fish at the Sankayaare Market in downtown Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Interior view of the offices at the FAO Representation Bureau in Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Villagers at a FAO seed and fertilizer distribution point in the village of Kibilo Tougu, outside of Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Women carrying wood in the village of Tougo, near Gourcy. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A man selling maize at a roadside market in Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Local inhabitants of the village of Tougo in the district of Gourcy loading bricks onto a cart for transport. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. FAO distribution of seeds and fertilizers in the village of Kibilo Tougu, just outside of Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A farmer carrying sacks of seed received at a FAO distribution point in the village of Kibilo Tougu. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A handful of cowpea seeds at the FAO seed and fertiliser distribution point in the village of Kibilo Tougu, just outside of Ouagadougou. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A woman working in the rice paddy in Bagre.