Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister, Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, on Tuesday, launched the operations of the Burkinabe livestock feed manufacturing company, Faso Guulgo, in Koubri.
Burkina Faso now has an industrial animal feed manufacturing unit. Born from the nationalization of the Livestock Feed Manufacturing Company (SOFAB), the new state-owned company, Faso Guulgo, is now operational, just five months after its creation.
Its prerogative, according to its CEO, Yaya Soulama, is to produce and make available quality feed for cattle, poultry, fish, and other livestock.
Currently, the Koubri unit has a production capacity of 100 tons of feed per day, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. She adds that the company’s investment plan includes an increase in the Koubri plant’s capacity in the medium and long term, with a new feed line with a capacity of 50 tons per day.
Other structural investments are also planned: the construction of two additional units with a capacity of 100 tons of feed per day in Bagre and Samandéni.
“The issue of livestock feed is one of the weakest links, if not the weakest link, in the livestock production chain,” the head of the Burkinabe government explains.
According to the official, in the livestock sector, stakeholders suffer not only from the unavailability of feed, but also from the cost, and this reduces the competitiveness of production.
“The objective, through Faso Guulgo, is to provide livestock farmers with sufficient, high-quality feed at affordable prices.” This will help better structure the sector and give livestock farmers access to this feed at affordable prices, enabling them to ensure the profitability of their production,” the Prime Minister stated.
Faso Guulgo is a state-owned company with a share capital of 100 million CFA francs, owned entirely by the state.
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