(Ecofin Agency) - Burkinabe government will disburse CFA25 billion to build up a 95,000 tons cereal stock for food security. The information, relayed by Xinhua, was announced by Jacob Ouedraogo, minister of agriculture. 

The process, which will be conducted by the National Company for food security stock management (SONAGESS), mainly aims to compensate the food deficit resulting from armyworms infestation and drought periods during the 2017/2018 agropastoral campaign. 

According to estimates (last October) of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the parasites have affected more than 40,000 ha of maize field in Cascades regions, South-Western and Central-Western parts of the country.

Furthermore, Xinhua indicated that almost 3 million people are subject to food insecurity in 17 of the country’s 45 provinces.

Espoir Olodo