LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT: The Livestock Resilience and Competitiveness Project launches its activities
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Resources launched, on Friday February 23, 2024 in Banakélédaga in the commune of Bama, Hauts-Bassins region, the activities of the Livestock Resilience and Competitiveness Project ( PRECEL) in the presence of the Minister of Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Resources, Commander Ismael SOMBIE, the Minister Delegate in charge of animal resources, Dr Amadou DICKO, financial partners and several high-ranking personalities.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Resources, Commander Ismael SOMBIE, PRECEL responds to the Government’s ambition to “sustainably develop a productive and resilient agro-sylvo-pastoral, wildlife and fisheries sector, more oriented towards the market “.
Its ambition is to “improve the productivity, marketing and resilience of the main sedentary livestock production systems for targeted beneficiaries in the project intervention areas”.
The implementation of PRECEL activities “will allow the emergence of real micro-poles of growth, which will be powerful levers for the fight against poverty and the achievement of our food sovereignty according to the vision of the 2023-2025 agropastoral offensive ” he added.
For Commander Ismael SOMBIE, PRECEL will support 80,000 vulnerable breeders including 40,000 internally displaced people and equip 120,000 breeders with good breeding practices.
To do this, it invites the beneficiaries, the development actors of the rural sector, the municipal, provincial and regional authorities, to get truly involved in the success of this project.
An invitation well received by the Secretary General of the Houet province, Mr. Sonbéniwendé NIKIEMA who reassures, on behalf of Madam Governor of the Hauts-Bassins region, that all arrangements will be taken for better implementation of the project activities to the great happiness of the people.
With a total cost of 120,598,617,000 FCFA financed by the Burkinabè State and the World Bank, the project will affect nearly 1,500,000 people including 600,000 women.
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