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Burkina Faso

In this animation we introduce our program STARS: Strengthening African Rural Smallholders. STARS improves value chains and give smallholders better access to financial instruments in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Rwanda and Ethiopia. It is a collaboration of ICCO Cooperation with ICCO TerrafinaMicrofinance, supported by the MasterCard Foundation.

 

Projet PESA

PESA project (Pisciculture pour l'Emplois et la Sécurité Alimentaire) is a fish farming development project for food ...

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  • 2020
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Private-Public Partnership in Mali (PPP)

In Burkina Faso and Mali, 80% of women living in rural areas are involved in agriculture and in the ...

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  • 2015
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She Sells Shea

In Burkina Faso and Mali, 80% of women living in rural areas are involved in agriculture and in the ...

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  • 2015
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Birds, Bees & Business

The project Birds, Bees & Business combines the restoration of biodiversity and business activities ...

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  • 2018
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STARS

Strengthening African Rural Smallholders, in short STARS, is a project in partnership with Mastercard Foundation and ICCO ...

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  • 2016
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Supporting Female Entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso

As part of its STARS program, ICCO supports female shea nut collectors and shea butter producers to ...

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Providing Business Opportunities for Sesame Farmers in Burkina Faso

How does ICCO Cooperation’s STARS program develop more business opportunities for over 24,000 sesame farmers in Burkina ...

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Managing Financial Risks Key in Unlocking Farmer Investments Burkina Faso

Agricultural finance has never really taken off in Burkina Faso. This is partly because microfinance institutions (MFIs) ...

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Shea Producers in Burkina Faso Develop New Business Plans

The shea sector in West Africa is growing at a promising pace. But can the female shea ...

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A-CAT - A Tool for Risk Assessment in Agriculture Financing

Both farmers and MFIs have an interest to know how much it costs to produce a certain ...

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Tackling the Mismatch Through Youth Entrepreneurship in West Africa

Last month I visited ICCO’s work in Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso. All three countries have ...

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Measuring Income of Smallholder Farmers: Some Insights from Practitioners

Life is complex. And so is the measurement of income and economic empowerment. Here are four take-away ...

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Making the Market Work for the Poor: Case of STARS Program

Making the market work for the poor (M4P) is an approach that aims to improve the ...

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Effectively Assessing Household Food Security Status

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A New Instrument to Measure Food (In)Security: MAHFP

To increase food security is an important objective for ICCO Cooperation, in facts it is a separate ...

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STARS Program: Characterizing Smallholder Farmers Households

The STARS Program aims to have an impact on smallholder farmers by giving them access to credit ...

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​Navigating with Data to Increase Income and Food Security

How to stay in control of your results? In the Strengthening African Rural Smallholders program (STARS) ICCO ...

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Strong Women, Strong Farms: Empowering Female Smallholders through Access to Finance

Many women in Africa struggle to scale their farms and build their businesses. This blog explains how ...

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