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 

Scene of one of the poorest areas of Ouagadougou in the Kaarpaala District. 

Cereal traders at Ouagadougou's Sakayaare Market. 

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

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

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

A man selling maize at a roadside market in Ouagadougou. 

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

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

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

FAO distribution of seeds and fertilizers 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. 

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

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

View of the entrance to the FAO Representation 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. 

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

A farmer carrying sacks of seed received at a FAO distribution point in the village of Kibilo Tougu. 

Seed and fertilizer being offloaded from trucks for a FAO distribution point in the village of Tougo. 

Jean Pierre Renson, acting FAO Representative and Emergency Programme Coordinator, in the village of Bagre with children.