Project to Support the Integrated Development of the Shea Sector in Burkina Faso (PADIFK)

Burkina Faso - The Project to Support the Integrated Development of the Shea Sector in Burkina Faso (PADIFK)

Shea stakeholders wanted to embrace entrepreneurship and make their activities a profession but were faced with several challenges. The obstacles to the development of the profession included organisational, training and compliance challenges under Law 064, Law N°050/2012/AN regulating inter-professional organisations in the agricultural, forestry, pastoral, fisheries and wildlife sectors in Burkina Faso and the Uniform Act relating to the OHADA Law on Cooperative Societies and access to financing. The PADIFK project has in its implementation logic addressed these issues.
The project was conceived in 2016, at a time when the development benchmark in Burkina Faso was the National Plan for Economic and Social Development (PNDES) whose overall objective was to structurally transform the Burkinabe economy for strong, sustainable, resilient, inclusive growth that would create decent jobs for all and lead to improved social well-being. The objectives pursued by the PNDES are ("Thrust 2: Developing human capital", Trust 3: Boosting sectors that are promising for the economy and jobs) which is well in line with the strategic objectives of the PADIFK (2.2 and 2.4). Indeed, PADIFK's general objective is to build the capacity of the umbrella organisation of the shea sector in Burkina Faso and to support the development of 100 of the most functional organisations. The project's main activities are in line with PNDES' objectives, the National Rural Sector Programme (PNSR II) and the sustainable development strategy for the shea sector. Lastly, the project is in line with the Bank's long-term strategy (2013-2022).