MONITORING AFRICAN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES (MAFAP) REVIEW OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES IN BURKINA FASO 2005-2011 COUNTRY REPORT JULY 2013 MONITORING AFRICAN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES (MAFAP) REVIEW OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES IN BURKINA FASO 2005-2011 COUNTRY REPORT JULY 2013 Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture Review of Food and Agricultural Policies in Burkina Faso 2005-2011 - Country report Suggested citation: MAFAP (2013). Review of food and agricultural policies in Burkina Faso. MAFAP Country Report Series, FAO, Rome, Italy. © FAO 2013 FAO encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product. 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Context of food and agricultural policies ................................................................................... 27 1. Burkina Faso in brief .................................................................................................................. 27 2. Geographical context ................................................................................................................ 32 3. Socio-Economic context ............................................................................................................ 34 Macroeconomic performance ....................................................................................................... 34 Agricultural and rural development performance ........................................................................ 40 Input markets and sector development ........................................................................................ 46 Environment and agriculture ........................................................................................................ 50 Population ..................................................................................................................................... 54 Poverty, inequalities and employment ......................................................................................... 55 Migration and urbanization ........................................................................................................... 57 Food security and health ............................................................................................................... 59 Education and Gender ................................................................................................................... 63 4. Food and agricultural policy review .......................................................................................... 65 Key strategies and government priorities for agricultural and rural development ...................... 65 Current policy priorities and political environment ...................................................................... 67 Decisions across the sector and specific products ........................................................................ 69 Part 2. THE EFFECTS OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, PUBLIC SPENDING AND DEVELOPMENT AID ......................................................................................................................................................... 76 5. Incentives, disincentives and market development gaps ......................................................... 78 Abstract ......................................................................................................................................... 78 Commodity selection ..................................................................................................................... 79 Monitoring African Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) 3 Review of Food and Agricultural Policies in Burkina Faso 2005-2011 - Country report Highlights of the methodology ...................................................................................................... 80 MAFAP indicators and interpretation ........................................................................................... 89 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................. 122 6. Public expenditure for food and agriculture ........................................................................... 128 Abstract ....................................................................................................................................... 128 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 129 General trends in the global budget ........................................................................................... 130 General trends in public expenditures for food and agriculture ................................................ 130 Composition of public expendituresfor food and agriculture ..................................................... 133 Public expenditures specific to the agricultural sector ............................................................... 134 Public expenditures in support of agriculture ............................................................................. 136 Nature of public expenditures for the food and agriculture sector ............................................ 141 Types of public expenditures for the food and agriculture sector .............................................. 142 Role of development aid in public expenditures for the food and agriculture sector Burkina Faso ..................................................................................................................................................... 143 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................ 146 7. Coherence between incentives and government spending .................................................... 148 An assessment of policy coherence through incentives and disincentives for each commodity 148 An assessment of policy coherence through agricultural policy objectives ............................... 155 Government’s main objectives.................................................................................................... 156 Review of effects of principal policy decisions and measures based on MAFAP/SPAAA project results .......................................................................................................................................... 161 Conclusion on policy coherence .................................................................................................. 166 Part 3. TOPIC OF NATIONAL INTEREST RELATED TO THE POLICIES : SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX ANALYSIS OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SECTOR ................................................................................ 169 8. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 169 9. Analysis of ripple effects of commodities