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Emergency Project for Strengthening Food Production in Burkina Faso: ADB’s Support for Food Security
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-02-14 04:40:09
The African Development Bank (ADB) is covering 99% of the overall cost of the Emergency Project for Strengthening Food Production in Burkina Faso (Purpa – BF) in the form of a grant and loan.
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has shown African countries dependent on grain imports the need to work towards food self-sufficiency. With this in mind, the Emergency Project for Strengthening Food Production in Burkina Faso (Purpa – BF) was launched on February 6.
The Purpa – BF, according to a press release sent to APA, aims to contribute to the increase in production of corn, rice, soya, cowpea, sorghum and wheat in order to strengthen the food security of the Burkinabè populations.
To do this, the country of Men of Integrity will benefit from a financial contribution of 38.4 million euros from the African Development Bank (AfDB) within the framework of the African Emergency Food Production Facility.
« This strong commitment from the AfDB Group is justified by the coherence of the project with the Interim Country Strategy Paper 2022-2025, one of the priority areas of which concerns support for agricultural value chains. The project also fits with the objectives of the AfDB’s “Feed Africa” strategy. “, explained the document.
Purpa – BF will provide nearly 9,000 tonnes of certified seeds of varieties adapted to the climate and 36,000 tonnes of fertilizer to 330,000 producers, more than half of whom are women, internally displaced people and young people, mainly settled around the great plains. irrigated areas of Burkina Faso: Bagrépôle, Bama, Banzon and Karfiguéla.
« Its implementation should allow an increase in national rice production by 430,000 tonnes and that of corn by 707,000 tonnes. Other crops will also see increases in production “, the press release clarified. In 2023, the government launched a program called “Agropastoral and Fisheries Offensive 2023-2025”.
« The African Development Bank welcomes the relevance of this ambitious program and affirms its availability to support its implementation. This is the place to specify that the public financing portfolio of the Bank in Burkina Faso is mainly oriented towards the agriculture and environment sector which represents 34% of all Bank financing in the country. , with commitments of more than 110 billion CFA francs (167 million euros) “, declared Daniel Ndoye, the AfDB country representative in Burkina.
In a speech read by the Coordinator of Purpa – BF, Daniel Gampiné, Ismaël Sombié, the Minister of Agriculture, magnified the actions of the AfDB in his country. “ Since Burkina Faso joined the African Development Bank Group, it has increased its efforts to effectively support the government’s development initiatives. This constant commitment from the Bank symbolizes the exemplary nature of good collaboration between it and our country in several sectors. In the field of agriculture, animal and fisheries resources, for which I am responsible, the Bank’s commitment has constantly resulted in the implementation of development projects and programs. “, did he declare.
Beyond the agricultural sector, the African Development Bank is among Burkina Faso’s largest partners with current commitments of more than 701 million euros.
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Belonging to God: The Pope’s Prologue on Finding Grace and Love in a World of Crisis
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-02-14 07:08:45
The Vatican media have broadcast the prologue written by the Pope Francisco for the journalist’s latest book Austen Ivereigh, ‘First Belongs to God: In Retreat with Pope Francis,’ published by Messenger Publications and Loyola Press. In his text, the pontiff denounces that “the deterioration of our common home and mass movements of people are symptoms of the ‘crisis of man’s non-belonging’ to God.”
Facing self-sufficiency
“When we make room for Lord who saves us from our self-sufficiency, we open ourselves to all creation and every creature, and we become channels of the life and love of the Father. Only then do we realize life as it really is: a gift from the Father “Who loves us deeply and wants us to belong to Him and to others,” the Pope explains based on the experience of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. For Francis, despite this conviction of faith “we continue to be tempted to close ourselves to that grace, to live worldlyin the illusion of being sovereign and self-sufficient.”
For Bergolio, “all the deadly crises that beset us in the world, from the ecological crisis to wars, injustices once morest the poor and the fragile, They are rooted in this rejection of our belonging to God and to the others.” Given this, the Pope vindicates the teachings of the Church as “channels of grace” to “receive the gifts that the Father wishes to pour out on us” such as the Spiritual Exercises promoted by the Loyola saint as a way to “recharge our batteries.”
“A Christian retreat It’s very different from ‘wellness’ vacations.. The center of attention is not us, but God, the Good Shepherd, who, instead of treating us like machines, responds to our deepest needs as his children with whom he is in love,” claims the pontiff. “Love and service: they are the two axes of the Spiritual Exercises. “Jesus comes out to meet us, breaks our chains so that we walk alongside him, as his disciples and companions,” he points out. “This is not the time to hunker down and lock ourselves in. I see clearly that the Lord calls us to get out of ourselves, to get up and walk. “He asks us not to distance ourselves from the pains and cries of our time, but to enter into them, opening channels of his grace,” encourages the Pope.
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Emilio Nsue: The Controversial Star of the African Cup of Nations – Latest Updates and News
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-02-14 06:33:24
With 5 goals on the clock, Emilio Nsue, the striker for the Equatorial Guinea selection, stood out on the field during the African Cup of Nations. But the player from Intercity Alicante in the Spanish 3rd division also stood out on the outside.
“Several episodes of serious indiscipline”
So much so that FEGUIFUT, the Equatorial Guinea football federation, formalized this Tuesday the immediate and indefinite suspension of the top scorer of CAN 2024. A sanction which also applies to his attacking partner Edu Salvador. This decision follows “several episodes of serious indiscipline » from Nsue and to a “unpleasant incident” which required the intervention of the local police in Abidjan involving Salvador during the competition. According to the federation, this last case has “leads to a degradation of the reputation and image of the national team and of Equatorial Guinea. »
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During this 34th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the National Nzalang notably made an impression during the big victory (4-0) once morest the winner of the competition, Côte d’Ivoire, but its adventure ended in the round of 16 following a defeat once morest Guinea (0-1 ).
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