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. Families collecting water from the village well in Tougo, an village just near Gourcy. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A line of trucks on the road to Gourcy. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Children pictured in a rice paddy near Bagre. 

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. Farmers working in the rice paddy in Bagre. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Women working in the rice paddy in Bagre. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. A woman winnowing rice in Bagre. 

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. A woman winnowing rice in Bagre. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Truck drivers resting in the shade under their trucks on the way to Gourcy. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Farmers using a horse and plow to prepare land for planting seeds received through a FAO seed and fertilizer distribution initiative in the village of Tougo, near Gourcy. 

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. FAO distribution of seeds and fertilizers in the village of Tougo, near Gourcy. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. Women winnowing rice in the field in Bagre. 

BURKINA FASO 2008. FAO distribution of seeds and fertilizers in the village of Tougo, near Gourcy. 

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. A farmer working in the rice fields in Bagré. 

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. A restaurant owner in the village of Tougo preparing rice for clients.