Original disclosure @ AFDB website
Updated in EWS Apr 1, 2024
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As stated by the AfDB, this intervention concerns the Supplementary Financing to the Bagre Growth Pole Support Project (PAPCB). The PAPCB dates back to the 1970s with the first interventions of the Burkina State aimed at the economic development of areas free of onchocerciasis. The PAPCB will contribute to the government's strategy based on the growth pole approach and to the implementation of the Bagré growth pole project, which has been identified as a high priority by the authorities in charge of the country's political transition.
It will contribute by extending the development to 2,194 ha (out of a total of 13,000 ha) and developing value chains with a view to modernising agriculture. The project will operate in a border area in Ghana and Togo, located about 250 km from the city of Ouagadougou.
The five-year project is structured around three main components:
(i) Development of agricultural infrastructure;
(ii) Value chain development; and
(iii) Project management.
The main expected achievements are: the extension of the primary canal on the right bank over a length of 22 km, the construction of a buffer reservoir with a nominal water capacity of 114,000 m3, the development of an irrigated perimeter for small producers (924 ha); the rehabilitation of 1200 ha on the right bank, the construction of storage, processing and marketing infrastructures (storage warehouses, drying areas, and markets) as well as activities to develop value chains. The total cost of the project is UA 26 million.
The PAPCB will reach three categories of beneficiaries directly:
(i) farmers: 903 people affected by the project resettled in the new perimeter (0.7 ha/operator) and 1200 in the existing perimeter (1 ha/operator), i.e. 2103 small farmers in total;
(ii) 116 young agricultural promoters, including 96 sons/daughters of farmers in the project area (2 ha/operator) and 20 graduates (5 ha/operator) from agricultural training institutions;
(iii) and the private operators benefiting from the 1270 ha (and whose impoundment will be made possible thanks to the structural developments (extension of the primary canal and pumping station) financed by the project, the number of which is estimated at 3 to 5 (the allocation process is in progress).
In total, the project will directly benefit about 13,300 people (including about 4,000 women).
The AfDB categorized the project risks as follows -
Environmental Category: 1
Climate Safeguards Categorization: 2
AfDB Team Leader:
Cheibany Moustapha Cheikh Abdallahi
Email: c.abdallahi@afdb.org
Borrower - Ministry of Finance:
Address: 395, Avenue du 11 Décembre, 01 BP 7008 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
Phone: +226 25 32 42 11 / 25 31 44 80
Website: https://www.finances.gov.bf/accueil
Implementing Agency - Ministry of Agriculture:
Address: 03 BP 7005 Ouaga 2000
Phone: +226 25 49 99 01
Fax: +226 25 37 58 00
Website: https://www.agriculture.bf/
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.afdb.org/en/disclosure-and-access-to-information/request-for-documents. Under the AfDBÕs Disclosure and Access to Information policy, if you feel the Bank has omitted to publish information or your request for information is unreasonably denied, you can file an appeal at https://www.afdb.org/en/disclosure-and-access-to-information/appeals-process
ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AfDB
The Independent Review Mechanism (IRM), which is administered by the Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU), is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an African Development Bank (AfDB)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the IRM, it may assist you by either seeking to address your problems by facilitating a dispute resolution dialogue between you and those implementing the project and/or investigating whether the AfDB complied with its policies to prevent environmental and social harms. You can submit a complaint electronically by emailing crmuinfo@afdb.org, b.kargougou@afdb.org, b.fall@afdb.org, and/or s.toure@afdb.org. You can learn more about the IRM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.afdb.org/en/independent-review-mechanism/
