Supporting agro-ecology

The project aimed to promote methods of farming and breeding livestock that have a positive impact on the lives of local producers and on the environment. It planned to train small producers in new ecological approaches to farming, focussing on poultry breeding, gardening and bee keeping.

During the three years of the project, 3,037 small producers (including 1,430 women) were trained in new ecological approaches to farming, focussing on gardening, bee keeping and poultry breeding. Soap-making and improved fish farming methods were also included as income generating activities. Poultry breeding was the most lucrative activity; it enabled an 80% increase in the producers’ income. The project’s success lies in its holistic approach, which entails, for example, using faeces from the poultry and fish farming activities to fertilise the gardens, and favouring local products as poultry feed.

The Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer – Burkina Faso (CEAS-Burkina Faso) is a local NGO belonging to the Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer (CEAS), which has its international headquarters in Neuchatel (Switzerland). It strives to combine ecology and economy by developing technologies with little environmental impact.