The Association pour la Recherche et la Formation en Agro-écologie was founded in 1995 to contribute to the socio-economic development of Burkina Faso. ARFA promotes agro-ecological practices and its strategic intervention is based on the conception and implementation of participatory projects and programs.
Contact: Mathieu Savadogo, arfa@fasonet.bf
www.ong-arfa.org
Association Songtaab-Yalgré (ASY)
Contact person: Mme Ouedraogo Marceline
Email of the contact person: karibio200@yahoo.fr
Permanent email: songtab@fasonet.bf
Postal address: 01 BP 6696 Ouagadougou 01
Phone: +226 50 34 19 74
Fax: +226 50 34 19 74
Web: www.songtaaba.net
Year of Foundation: 1998
Mission:
- To help women improve their management skills
- To think about potential ways and means to liberate the creative energy of women by helping them to focus on income-generating activities in order to facilitate their insertion into modern channels of the economy.
- To create, develop and organize funding mechanisms, that are both accessible and adapted to the needs of the women
- To help women share experiences, objectives and inspiring ideas for their autonomy and self-promotion
- To encourage women to develop their entrepreneurial spirit
- To contribute to the improvement of the education and knowledge of modern production, marketing and management techniques.
- To help women improve their living conditions
Scope of the Organization: National
Organic Agriculture related main activities:
- General promotion of organic agriculture
- International marketing and trade on organic agriculture
- Local market development
- Education and training on organic agriculture
- Extension on organic agriculture
- Consumer awareness of organic products
- Combating desertification
- Food processing
- Collection from wild
Burkinature Sarl
Contact person: Claude Bovey
Email of the contact person: bunat@cenatrin.bf
Permanent email: burkinature@fasonet.bf
Postal address: 06 BP 9101 Ouagadougou 06
Phone: +226 50 43 07 52
Fax: +226 50 43 07 52
Web.N/A
Year of Foundation: 1999
Mission:
- Organization and certification of small producers, export of organic and fair-trade agricultural products
Scope of the Organization: National
Organic Agriculture related main activities:
- Food Security
- International marketing and trade on organic agriculture
- Education and training on organic agriculture
- Certification
- Rural development/Poverty Alleviation
- Extension on organic agriculture
- Food processing
Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer - Burkina Faso
Contact person: Elisee Ouedraogo
Email of the contact person: ceas-rb@fasonet.bf
Postal address: 01 B.P. 3306 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
Phone: +226 503 43 008
Fax: +226 503 41 065
Web: www.ceas-ong.net
CONSEIL NATIONAL DE L’AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE (CNABIO) pour le Burkina Faso
Postal address: 10 BP 856 Ouagadougou Aéroport 10
Email: cnabio@ymail.com
Ecocert West Africa
Contact person: Mr. Abdoulaziz Yanogo
Email of the contact person: office.burkinafaso@ecocert.com
Postal address:11 BP 203 Ouagadougou 11
Burkina Faso
Phone: +226 503 60 993
Fax: +226 702 44 114
Green Cross Burkina Faso
Contact person: Ousséni Diallo
Email of the contact person: oussenid@yahoo.fr
Postal address: 01BP 1043 Quagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
Phone: +226 702 41 61
Fax: +226 503 90 535
Web: www.greencrossinternational.net
newTree Burkina-Faso
Contact person: Franziska Kaguembèga-Müller
Email of the contact person: kaguembega@newTree.ch
Postal address: BP 9735, 06 Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Phone: +226 50 39 27 68
Web: http://www.newtree.org/e/home
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