The first stage of the Presidential Initiative to support the employment of young people and women through the promotion of agro-sylvo-pastoral entrepreneurship, will be carried out in the Hauts-Bassins region and will mobilize 3,000 young people and women.
“The Presidential Initiative to support the employment of young people and women by promoting
of agro-sylvo-pastoral entrepreneurship aims to contribute to the socio-professional integration of young people and women.
It will also make it possible to strengthen the technical and financial capacities of young people and women project leaders, to fight against underemployment and unemployment among young people.
It will be financed by the State and technical and financial partners.
The first stage of the implementation of this Presidential Initiative, at a total cost of 12,136,252,000 CFA francs, will take place in the Hauts-Bassins region and will, among other things, make it possible to develop 300 hectares of agricultural land on the site of the Matourkou National Agricultural Training School, 270 hectares in
09 beneficiary municipalities and to train 3,000 young people and women, 40% of whom are women, in the agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries sectors.
Source: Burkina Information Agency