BURKINA FASO – Amadou Dicko, Minister Delegate in charge of Animal Resources, inaugurated a state-of-the-art poultry complex named “Société de nutrition agroalimentaire” (SONU-AGRO) on April 25 in the commune of Komsilga.
Situated on a 2-hectare site in the locality of Bassemyam, this establishment represents a substantial investment totaling 1.5 billion CFA francs ($2.4 million).
Alimata Sawadogo, the director of the company, revealed that the complex has various facilities, including a poultry farm, an animal feed manufacturing unit boasting a production capacity of 75 tonnes per day, and a high-tech slaughterhouse capable of processing 250 poultry heads per hour.
“Additionally, we have a poultry processing room, cutting tables, and cold rooms for storage purposes. We plan to allocate 3.5 billion CFA francs ($5.7 million) for the next phase of our facility’s development,” added Sawadogo.
The minister emphasized that this investment is in line with the government’s objectives to enhance poultry production and consumption as part of its “Agropastoral and Fisheries Offensive” program implemented from 2023 to 2025.
In Burkina Faso, the poultry industry currently contributes 6% to the agricultural GDP – in 2022 alone, poultry accounted for 50% of the national livestock population, which stood at over 70.5 million animals, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture.
This will be a boost to the poultry industry, which has recently experienced troubled waters.
For instance, according to a report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Burkina Faso has experienced an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm situated in its capital city, Ouagadougou.
The virus, commonly known as avian influenza, resulted in the deaths of 441 birds out of a flock totaling 641, as reported by local authorities.
The most recent previous outbreak registered with WOAH in the country occurred at an egg farm, commencing in December 2021. This outbreak affected a premises housing 150,000 hens, located in the Central region.
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