Children resting under the shade of a tree in the Kaarpala District in Ouagadougou. Kaarpala is one of the poorest districts in Ouagadougou and has been severely affected by the rising food prices. 

Children playing soccer as a donkey lingers in the Kaarpala District in Ouagadougou. Kaarpala is one of the poorest districts in Ouagadougou and has been severely affected by the rising prices of food 

Interior view of the offices at the FAO Representation Bureau in Ouagadougou. 

Cereal traders at Ouagadougou's Sakayaare Market. 

Interior view of the offices at the FAO Representation in Ouagadougou. 

Local inhabitants of the village of Tougo in the district of Gourcy loading bricks onto a cart for transport. 

View of the entrance to the FAO Representation in Ouagadougou. 

FAO distribution of seeds and fertilizers in the village of Kibilo Tougu, just outside of Ouagadougou. 

A restaurant owner in the village of Tougo preparing rice for clients. 

A small grocery store at Zogona's Market in downtown Ouagadougou. 

A handful of cowpea seeds at the FAO seed and fertiliser distribution point in the village of Kibilo Tougu, just outside of Ouagadougou. 

A farmer displaying the cowpea seeds received at the FAO seed and fertiliser distribution point in the village of Kibilo Tougu, just outside of Ouagadougou. 

General view of the FAO Representation in Ouagadougou. 

Selling rice at Zogona's Market in downtown Ouagadougou. 

Local children in the village of Kibilo Tougu eating bowls of rice. 

Villagers at a FAO seed and fertilizer distribution point in the village of Kibilo Tougu, outside of Ouagadougou. 

A man selling maize at a roadside market in Ouagadougou. 

Seed rations to be distributed to farmers at a FAO seed and fertilizer distribution point in village of Kibilo Tougu, just outside of Ouagadougou. 

Bamba Abdoilaye, FAO Project Officer pictured in front of the FAO Representation in Burkina Faso. 

Registration for a FAO seed and fertilizer distribution in the village of Kibilo Tougu, just outside of Ougadougou.