FAO Digital Media Hub - 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

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.

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

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. A woman selling leafy vegetables in the downtown market place in Ouagadougou.

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. Bean varieties on sale at a roadside market place in Ouagadougou.

BURKINA FASO 2008. Women buying fruit in a downtown market in Ouagadougou.

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. Rice and oil being sold at a market stall in Zogona's Market in downtown Ouagadougou.

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. A woman selling fish in a downtown market in Ouagadougou.

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

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. Cereal traders at Ouagadougou's Sakayaare Market.

BURKINA FASO 2008. A man preparing food along the road to Gourcy as onlookers observe.

BURKINA FASO 2008. Local children in the village of Kibilo Tougu eating bowls of rice.

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

BURKINA FASO 2008. Oil and rice on sale at Zogona's Market in downtown Ouagadougou.

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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

FAO Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP) - GCP/GLO/216/SPA. The overarching objective of the project is to rapidly boost production in the most affected countries in order to increase food availability and accessibility to alleviate the effects of soaring food prices on targeted poor and vulnerable groups.

Emergency Agricultural Assistance to Vulnerable Populations Affected by Climatic Risks and Food Insecurity (subset of regional project WA-08/A01, Rapid Response Fund to assist farmers affected by natural and human-made disasters) - OSRO/BKF/802/CHA. The specific objective is to grant the targeted beneficiaries an equitable access to the improved seeds varieties and other agricultural inputs in order to allow a minimal agricultural production and to reduce their dependence on food assistance.

06/27/2008

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