{"id":464242,"date":"2011-07-19T19:46:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T19:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/burkina-faso-usadf-grant-to-boost-seed-production\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T19:46:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T19:46:28","slug":"burkina-faso-usadf-grant-to-boost-seed-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/burkina-faso-usadf-grant-to-boost-seed-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso: USADF Grant to Boost Seed Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"31.2039365774\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adf.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States African Development Foundation<\/a> (Washington,\u00a0DC)<\/p>\n<p>19 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>press release<\/p>\n<p>The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) signed a grant (No. 2431) to increase incomes for more than 400 rural farmers in Burkina Faso\u2019s arid, far north.\u00a0 The Economic Growth Grant will provide funds to Coop\u00e9rative des Producteurs Semenciers du Loromi (COPROSEL), a rural cooperative that boosts incomes for members and increases the availability of certified seeds adapted to the Africa\u2019s volatile Sahel region.\u00a0 Burkina Faso is one of 21 countries where USADF creates jobs, generates incomes and improves the quality of life for remote, rural populations in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese 23 rural farming groups that make up COPROSEL prove that economic development starts with improving revenues for local farmers and ensuring the availability of seeds,\u201d said USADF President Lloyd Pierson.\u00a0 \u201cOur grant to COPROSEL provides direct economic gains at the grassroots level for farmers in Burkina Faso\u2019s extreme north.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A lack of equipment, limited capital and inadequate marketing and financial management skills severely limit seed production cooperatives, like COPROSEL, in rural Soum Province, Burkina Faso.\u00a0 USADF works with groups to provide financial management skills and marketing know-how, as well as modernized storage methods to increase and secure production, which improves incomes.\u00a0 USADF estimates that the gross income for farmers will double in the second year of this project.<\/p>\n<p>USADF programs target marginalized, grassroots groups across sub-Saharan Africa.\u00a0 To learn more about USADF projects in Burkina Faso, see our Burkina Faso Country Page at http:\/\/www.usadf.gov\/USADFBurkinaFaso.html.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107191409.html\" title=\"Burkina Faso: USADF Grant to Boost Seed Production\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burkina Faso: USADF Grant to Boost Seed Production<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> United States African Development Foundation (Washington,\u00a0DC) 19 July 2011 press release The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) signed a grant (No. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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