Last Feb.27, the European Union (EU) signed with Burkina Faso a financing agreement worth €117 million to back the support programme for food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and resiliency (PASANAD).

The facility aims to support Burkina Faso’s efforts in implementing the national strategy for food and nutrition security (PNSAN) which aims at achieving sustainable food and nutrition security by 2025.

In details, the financing will first be made available over the 2017-2021 period in the form of sectoral budget aid valued at €100 million. Following this stage, various projects will be financed in the framework of improving feeding practices in poor households, knowingly through the strategic plan for infant and young child feeding (ANJE).

EU’s facility will target irrigated agriculture, small-scale breeding, nutritional education and the provision of nutritional local compelements to vulnerable households.

Let’s recall that PASANAD falls under the National plan for economic and social development (PNDES) which the EU backs with €800 million.

Espoir Olodo