ECONOMIC STUDY OF BURKINA FASO

MEMBRES DU GROUPE :

KABORE ISAAC

OUEDRAOGO ABDOUL RACHID

SIMPORE ABDOULAYE

THIOMBIANO ALICE

MOUSSA YVES

SANFO ABDOUL RACHID

TOPIC: ECONOMIC STUDY

INTRODUCTION

BURKINA FASO is weak income country because of it one is one of country the more pool of world .The farming and the breeding are the main economic activity of country.As for the industry it is so poor

I-FARMING

It employ 80% of the active working population and supply 50% product interior brute

The auto-sufficient food ,stay a target to reach for the farming’s Burkinabe .

1-AGRICULTURALS PRODUCTION

BURKINA FASO culturals productions are constitute of live cultivation and commercial cultivation or revenue .

These agricultural production vary according the region and the years

-LIVE CULTURALS

Live cultivation are above all for cereals (millet , sorgho) constitute the basis of the Burkinabe diet. Moreover cereal we have tubers (beens, fam) .

-THE INCOME’S CULTIVATION OR COMMERCIAL

The main revenue cultivation of BURKINA are :cotton, groundnut .

Cotton is the first product of export to Burkina and contribute for 35% to PIB. BURKINA FASO is the first African producer with more 700.000tonnes.

Without these main cultivation add us the fruiterer and market garden cultivations.

2-THE PROBLEMS OF FARMING

The farming of BURKINA know so difficult because of prevent to reach auto-sufficient food .these difficulties are of order physical and of order socio-economic.

a-ORDER PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES

-the material agricultural is rudimentary

-the lack of major to invest in the farming

-the conflicts between farmers and breeders

b-THE SOLUTIONS OF FARMING

We have of offices regional which contribute to improve the production frame of farmers .these farmers take care to popularize the news methods .To support the farmer world ,we have of development rural plan.

II-THE BREEDING

The breeding of BURKINA is transhumant and extensive it is a area to potentical strong but it is weakly structure. The products of breeding the cattle particular is the second product export after the cotton.The area of breeding occupy 8% of the population working and contribute to 2% at the PIB.

The breeding practiced so in north for the big cattle but so in center for the little cattle.

a-THE TYPES OF BREEDING IN BURKINA

It’s so vary introduce: in 2000, the cattle estimate to 4.798.221, the sheep estimate to 6.782.440, the goat 647.290.

b-THE PROBLEMS OF BREEDING

The breeding because of is traditonnal character divide few problems with agriculture like the climat problems there is so the lack of organization local of breeding area the lack marketing and transformation local of breeding products.The insufficient of teaching technical of breeders and end the products cost expensive ofor the animals health.

III-THE HUNTING AMD THE FISHING

The BURKINA rich by fauna has a capital more plentiful and more vary of the countries neighbouring.The road network of fauna are so important in the eastern with:arly reserve,pana and the supervised and open up December to may.

2-THE FISHING

The resources in water is to 100ha with a capacity of production estimated to 12500tonne of fish and of production real of 7000tonne.BURKINA must import every year 6000tonne of fish came from IVOIRY COAST,MALI, SENEGAL.National production came from dams and water deduction.

IV –INDUSTRY

The industry Burkinabe remain so poor because it’s little diversify and generally base of the satisfaction of country needs so for transformation primary products.

1-THE BASIS OF THE INDRISTRUALIZATION

a-ENERGETIC RESSOURCE

The country is limited in energetic resource .It don’t possess petroleum or a coal, natural gas because of it is a problem for the area.A big party of energy product is thermal (95%) the rest is provided at the dams hydroelectric.

Since 2001, BURKINA import the electricity with IVOIRY COAST and in 2003 with GHANA by interconnection with the network of these countries.

b-THE RAW MATERIALS

It can to assemble in renewable raw materials like the gold, the limestone , manganese .

2-THE INDUSTRY PROBLEMS

The industry Burkinabe meet some difficulties in spite the many trumps

-the lack water

-the lack of labour quality

-the removal of the sea

3-THE TYPES OF INDUSTRY IN BURKINA

Burkina industry is dominated by the industries weak with devote to transformation of product. for instance we have:

the industry food, textile, chemical and copper and shoes

V-THE CRAFT

It necessitate some investment unless the industry. It occupy 30% of the working population no-agricultural. The craft is the second to create some jobs after the agriculture.

1-IMPORTANCE OF CRAFT

It give to economy some capitals because of the organization of SIAO. It permit the formation professional for young and keep cultural patrimony, develop the local raw materials.

2-THE PROBLEMS

The problems are many causes the deficit of formation some craft. The insufficient financial of craft. The weakness of the production commercial. The no-respect of delivery time.

VI-THE TOURISM

1-THE SITES

BURKINA has many site-tourists, the site of Sabou, site of Laongo, the needle of Sindou, park of Arly,,,

2-PROBLEMS

The insecurity grown and bound, the number of tourist. For instance: the case of steal, the lack of road hotel. There is nothing for some planning suitable, the guide are not train and their number are bound.

CONCLUSION

The agriculture of BURKINA FASO know many difficulties. The illiterate the hunger, the problems of health, lack water pure, lack heavy industry. It suffer so of misdemeanor of the devaluation of franc CFA. The position economic is disastrous by since 1983, the state try to mobilize the national saving to develop the energetic resource national to improve the craft , to develop some plan and programs to development.