Rice Producers Combating Hunger Amid Poverty in Burkina Faso

On a mission to satisfy local demand for rice, the Mitiri Cooperative of Young Rice Producers are fighting for the eradication of hunger in Bagre, a rural community located in the east of Burkina Faso's Boulgou province. The country is one of the world's poorest. Severe income disparity between rural and urban areas and widespread youth unemployment means that the Mirti rice producers are located among the poorest of the poor.

Mitiri Cooperative of Young Rice Producers in Bagre, Burkina Faso.

Members of the Mitiri Cooperative of Young Rice Producers in Bagre, Burkina Faso.

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