Burkina Faso gives 16 million CFA francs in equipment to 14 women’s groups
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sidwaya
Burkina Faso has handed agricultural and processing equipment worth 16 million CFA francs to 14 women’s groups in Yaadga, including water pumps, a tractor and seeds. The handover took place on 20 October 2026 in Oula, Yatenga, during a belated commemoration of International Day of Rural Women, Sidwaya reports.
The Burkinabe government handed over equipment worth 16 million CFA francs to 14 women’s groups in the Yaadga region on 20 October 2026 in Oula, Yatenga province, Sidwaya reports. The handover took place during a belated commemoration of International Day of Rural Women, presided over by the Minister of Family and Solidarity, Lieutenant-Colonel Passowendé Pélagie Kabré.
The package includes six motor cultivators, 21 water pumps, ploughing tools, a mill, carts and potato-processing equipment. A tractor and two tricycles were also handed over to support the beneficiaries’ activities.
The minister linked the initiative to Burkina Faso’s Agro-pastoral and Fisheries Offensive, which aims to strengthen food sovereignty. She also placed the day within the objectives of the RELANCE 2026-2030 Plan, which notably seeks to create productive jobs for young people and women in the agro-sylvo-pastoral sector.
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