The Steering Committee of the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme – Burkina Faso Component (PRSA-BF) held its first statutory session of the year on Monday 28 July 2025 in Ouagadougou. Chaired by Mr Moussa ZIDA, Director General of Agro-Pastoral Development and Irrigation, the meeting validated several strategic documents essential to the smooth running of the programme.
The Committee members reviewed the status of implementation of the recommendations of the previous session, reviewed the supervision missions carried out by the technical and financial partners, and adopted the 2024 annual report. A progress report on the physical and financial execution of the 2025 Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWPB) at mid-term (as of 30 June) was also presented. At that date, the physical and financial execution rates stood at 40% and 43.76% respectively.
Among the main achievements are: (i) the launch of rehabilitation work on 1,260 hectares in the Bama irrigated plain; (ii) the development of 70 hectares of market gardening areas; (iii) the completion of work on 395 hectares of low-lying land, with an additional 399 hectares nearing completion; (iv) the completion of 151 high-yield boreholes; (v) the implementation of 304 microprojects worth over 3.5 billion CFA francs.
Considering the new operational priorities, the Committee approved the revised PTBA, with a budget now set at 15,661,865,334 CFA francs. The focus for the second half of the year will be on finalising production and post-harvest infrastructure, which is essential for strengthening the resilience of rural producers.
Commending the results achieved, Mr Moussa ZIDA congratulated all those involved in the Programme for their commitment. He emphasised that these efforts had enabled an overall disbursement rate of 65.73% and a coverage rate of 81% to be achieved in relation to the targets set. "The consistent implementation of this PTBA will enable the Programme to provide infrastructure for the benefit of producers and support them in developing their assets," he said at the close of the meeting.
