Ouagadougou: The association of peasant organizations, research groups and resource people, Diobass Ecology and Society, launched on Friday a project to strengthen the resilience of family farms in the face of the effects of climate change.

‘Climate changes are disrupting and disrupting the production of farmers. They contribute to the decline in agro-pastoral production,’ declared the Coordinator of the Diobass Ecology and Society platform, Perfect Saka.

For him, it is therefore necessary to put in place endogenous solutions to deal with the effects of climate change. Mr. Saka spoke on Friday in Ouagadougou during the launching workshop of the project to strengthen the resilience of family farms to the effects of climate change.

‘The farmers themselves within the framework of this program have identified themes on which they will work. They will make diagnoses, look for solutions to the problems identified and test the solutions they find. They will be supported by the technical services of agriculture, l
ivestock and the environment,’ explains Perfect Saka.

Note that Diobass Ecology and Society, in order to support the farming world, is implementing two projects. The first project consists of supporting the resilience of family farms and their adaptation to the effects of climate change. It will cost a total of 567,000 euros and will last 36 months.

The second project, costing £49,902, financed by Christian Aid, follows the same dynamic as the first for a duration of 12 months.

‘The two projects give a prominent place to peasant organizations, action research groups and small producers on family farms’ affirms the President of the Board of Directors (PCA) of Diobass ecology and society, according to Romuald Compaoré.

The proposed project to strengthen the resilience of family farms in the face of climate change. The intervention zones will be 12 municipalities and 3 municipalities will benefit from the project called soil restoration for better adaptation to the harmful effects of climate change, said Mr.
Compaoré.

‘Farmer action research will be favored because it makes it possible to find solutions through innovations that can be quickly adopted by producers. It facilitates the supervision of producers and allows increased accountability of stakeholders’ justified the PCA of Diobass.

‘Diobass works in the fight against the negative effects of climate change, it was good practice for Christian Aid to release resources to be able to support initiatives which have already shown palpable results on the ground,’ said Alfred Ouédraogo, representative of the Christian Aid Organization.

‘We have provided funding for a one-year trial project but in the philosophy of Christian Aid, we intend to work dynamically so that at the end of the partnership, everyone feels that they have been strengthened’ specifies Alfred Ouédraogo.

This project follows the previous three-year plan 2020-2023 which ended in July 2023. This new plan runs until July 2026.

As a reminder, the Diobass platform in Burkina Faso was created in 19
94 and operated under the legal responsibility of the Diobass ecology and society association.

Diobass ecology and society carries out actions by developing social, economic, cultural and environmental dynamics to achieve social and technical transformations for the benefit of grassroots populations.

Source: Burkina Information Agency