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Feasibility Study for a National Domestic Biogas Programme Burkina Faso
c) Agro-Business
Agro-business, with food and agricultural processing units, is currently experiencing a
boom and is strongly supported at national level by government. According to the
Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Workmanship 26 , 134 agro related Small and
Medium Enterprises and Agro-Industries were registered in 2006 27 . The number of
non-registered small associations involved in agro-industrial activities – for example
food, shea butter, soap, and beverages production - is estimated at about 2,000.
To increase their performance and efficiency, small and medium sized transformation
units are generally organised in the form of associative cooperatives, enabling some
of them to attain a level of production appropriate for export. These increased agrobusiness
activities could be linked to the development of medium and large scale
farms which can be seen across the country.
d) Import – Export -Balance
The annual cost of Burkina Faso's imports is usually much higher than its earnings
from exports; the nation relies on debt servicing from other countries.
Table 7: Import-Export-Balance 2005 28
Imports 2005 Exports 2005
US$ 395 million free on board:
foodstuff, petroleum, and machinery
1.2.4 Poverty analysis
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US$ 992 million free on board:
cotton, peanuts, peanut oil, live animals, gold
a) Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average progress of a country in
human development. According to the HDI, Burkina Faso is one of the poorest
countries in the world, with more than 40% of the population living below the poverty
line 29 . Poverty is most widespread in rural und peri-urban areas (51%) 30 and tends to
affect women more than men.
Each year since 1990 the Human Development Report has published the human
development index (HDI) that looks beyond GDP to a broader definition of well-being.
The HDI provides a composite measure of three dimensions of human development:
o living a long and healthy life measured by life expectancy,
o being educated measured by adult literacy and enrolment at the primary,
secondary and tertiary level
o having a decent standard of living measured by purchasing power parity, PPP,
income.
26
Chambre de Commerce, de l’Industrie et de l’Artisanat
27
Chambre de Commerce, de l’Industrie et de l’Artisanat du Burkina Faso – Répertoire des
entreprises agroalimentaires du Burkina Faso, 2006
28
Chambre de Commerce, de l’industrie et de l’artisanat, Burkina Faso 2007
29
Burkina Faso MDG Report 2003 http://www.undg.org/accessfile.cfm?cat=79&doc=5197&file=6528
30
FAO/Livestock information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch (2005) – Livestock Sector
Brief of Burkina Faso