Baz¨ga: Members of the technical committee of the Baz¨ga Provincial Food Security Council (CT-CPSA) convened for their first session of the year, with a primary focus on the role of market gardening in the province. The session was held on Thursday, September 4, 2025, and addressed various aspects of this crucial sector.
According to Burkina Information Agency, the Baz¨ga province is known for its strong market gardening and fruit production, which plays a significant role in the local economy. The fruit and vegetable sector is prominent in both dry and wetland production areas, contributing to both food diversification and income generation for the region. The session’s theme was “Role of market gardening in the food situation of households in the province of Baz¨ga: issues, challenges and perspectives.”
Alimata Ibrango, the provincial director in charge of agriculture and president of the CT-CPSA, emphasized that the session was a preparatory step for the first 2025 session of the general assembly of the provincial food security council (AG-CPSA) of Baz¨ga. Biye Bagre, the monitoring and evaluation officer at the Baz¨ga Provincial Directorate of Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Resources (DPARAH), highlighted the economic, social, and environmental challenges facing market gardening. Despite emerging as a critical sector for job creation and poverty alleviation, it confronts structural, organizational, and environmental issues, including the detrimental effects of chemicals on health and the environment.
In addition to market gardening, the session also reviewed the 2025-2026 agricultural campaign. Bagre expressed optimism, stating that the crop outlook as of August 31, 2025, was promising and could result in good harvests if current trends continued.
The session also provided an opportunity for various decentralized public services to present on related themes. Topics included non-timber forest products, the nutritional situation in the Kombissiri health district, disaster states, population displacement, humanitarian interventions, the hydraulic situation of dams and water points, and the road network in Baz¨ga.
The discussions led to several recommendations, such as raising awareness among producers on the rational use of pesticides and fertilizers, promoting certified local vegetable seeds, conducting unannounced checks on pesticide use, and enhancing the synergy of humanitarian actions through provincial consultation frameworks.
The conclusions from this statutory session aim to inform decision-making and provide suitable responses to the cyclical and structural challenges in food and nutritional security.