The Permanent Secretary for the Coordination of Agricultural Sectoral Policies, Mr Yassia KINDO, chaired the workshop to launch the process of implementing the agricultural trade and market scorecard (EATM Scorecard), on Wednesday 17 April 2024, in Ouagadougou.
The Agricultural Trade and Market Scorecard (EATM Scorecard) is an analytical tool designed to better document intra-regional trade in agri-food products and to strengthen the implementation of regional policies.
It was developed and implemented as part of the West African Food Systems Resilience Programme (PRSA) under component three on regional trade integration of the said programme.
According to Yves Gérard BAZIE, National Coordinator of the EATM Scorecard, the ultimate aim of this tool is to strengthen the resilience of food systems by improving intra-regional trade in agricultural and food products. He explained that a national technical team, made up of state and non-state actors involved in the trade of agricultural products, has already been set up to lead EATM Scorecard activities in Burkina Faso.
The practical phase of the work will involve collecting information on trade in agricultural products to feed into the EATM Scorecard platform. The technical team will then be responsible for reporting on the indicators generated as part of the management of this tool.
The major innovation of the EATM Scorecard compared with other existing platforms is that it deals exclusively with agricultural products. This is a very important tool for Burkina Faso, as it will provide decision-makers with quality data to monitor national policies in terms of trade in agricultural products, and to correct any malfunctions.
The authorities present at the workshop invited all those involved in the trade of agricultural products to cooperate openly in data collection operations.
