Zi Noraogo is a farmer from the village of Koalla in the Passoré Province of Burkina Faso, where the AgriPath Project connects him as well as several other farmers to selected, trusted community-based agents (CBAs) with the goal of scaling digital agricultural advisory services (DAS) for better sustainable land management (SLM). CBAs play an essential role in supporting farmers by providing training and guidance on how to better apply context-specific practices to improve the yields of their fields and connect to markets.

Farmers have been receptive to AgriPath’s intervention, opening their fields to new ways of farming the land. The area – a Sahelian zone with degraded soils – is now being transformed through training and guidance on practices related to rainwater conservation, water retention capacity, and soil fertility. Without these SLM practices, it would be virtually impossible to successfully cultivate land in Passoré.