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. 

Scene of one of the poorest areas of Ouagadougou in the Kaarpaala District. 

General view of the FAO Representation in Ouagadougou. 

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. 

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

A woman carrying onions at a market downtown in Ouagadougou. 

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

Women buying fruit in a downtown market in Ouagadougou. 

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

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

Cereal traders at Ouagadougou's Sakayaare Market. 

A man selling maize at a roadside market in Ouagadougou. 

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. 

A woman selling fish in a downtown market in Ouagadougou. 

Children pictured in a rice paddy near Bagre. 

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

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

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

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

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