Burkina Faso stakeholders seek recognition for biopesticides
A two-day national workshop in Koudougou on November 10 and 11, 2026, will draft a multi-stakeholder roadmap on approving biopesticides.
Officials, researchers, private firms, farmer organisations and civil society met in Koudougou on November 10 and 11, 2026, to discuss how Burkina Faso can formally recognise and regulate biopesticides. The national workshop is organised by the National Council for Organic Agriculture (Cnabio) with the RADIUS project of Joseph Ki-Zerbo University and the RESI-2P and GP-SAEP programmes.
Seydou Savadogo, vice-president of Cnabio and head of a cooperative of agroecological input makers and suppliers, said the event follows about 15 years of campaigning by agroecology actors. He said that after the adoption of a regulatory framework for biofertilisers in November 2025, producers want a similar recognition for biopesticides, which they also call bioprotectors. Antoine Sanon, coordinator of the RADIUS project, said progress depends on closer ties between research, producers and public decision-makers.
Participants will review the pesticide control law, number 026-2017/AN, and take stock of how biopesticides are used, produced and distributed. They will also study approval practices in neighbouring countries and aim to produce a roadmap and the basis of a policy note to support advocacy for biopesticides.
Why it mattersMakers and suppliers of agroecological inputs, along with producers, want biopesticides officially recognised so they can be promoted and used in place of chemical products.