This Simple Idea Helps Burkina Faso Farmers Beat Hunger

Publisher:: Voice of America
Publication Date:: 28 October 2013
Tags:: Burkina Faso, Food and Agriculture, Economy, Business and Finance

Every year at harvest time, farmers in Burkina Faso flood the market with their crops, driving down prices. This leaves them with low food supplies and little money to get through the year. This report from the International Fund for Agricultural Development explains why a many farmers now not only have grain to eat, but money in their pockets.

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This Simple Idea Helps Burkina Faso Farmers Beat Hunger

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