Burkina Faso

Introducing Business (Development) Services in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Senegal

ICCO’s (part of Cordaid) STARS program applies the Market Systems Development (MSD) approach, with an aim ...

Perspectives for farmers and small agri-businesses in West Africa

There are many challenges for ICCO Cooperation in West Africa. In this region, the fast growing number ...

Simbuka and ICCO Digitize Loan Tool for African Smallholders

The Dutch-based software solution corporation Simbuka and the international development organization ICCO Cooperation join forces by signing ...

STARS Program Continues, Despite Covid-19

Our STARS program finds innovative ways to continue its activities despite covid-19. Here are some examples from ...

Managing Financial Risks Key in Unlocking Farmer Investments Burkina Faso

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

Celebration of World Food Day in Burkina Faso

ICCO cooperation participated in the activities organized on Friday, 16 November in Pabré, Burkina Faso, in celebration of ...

Managing Risks in Financing Agriculture

In Burkina Faso, rural smallholders need access to finance so they can buy inputs, use mechanized labor,  ...

Public-Private Partnership on Sesame in Burkina Faso

ICCO starts a project on boosting sustainable sesame and beekeeping value chains in Burkina Faso. Danida, the ...

Supporting Female Entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso

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

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Effectively Assessing Household Food Security Status

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 ...

STARS Program: Characterizing Smallholder Farmers Households

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

​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 ...

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 ...