Tag: Burkina Faso

BURKINA FASO – To address the pressing food safety concerns among chicken vendors in Burkina Faso, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has launched the Pull-Push project aiming to create ‘pull’ through consumers demanding safe food and ‘push’ by enforcing food safety regulations. By cultivating an enabling environment and influencing behavior, the project aims to mitigate foodborne illnesses. In the…

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BURKINA FASO – Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers has passed a regulatory Act that will allow the country to import biopesticides as a means of tackling the fruit fly menace. The mango makes up over 50% of the fruits produced in Burkina Faso. The sector has numerous challenges, the most significant of which is the fruit fly, as in the…

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