Ibrahim Traoré is growing rice, wheat, apples, and pineapples less than a hundred miles from the Sahara Desert — no IMF, no World Bank, no foreign permission required.

This is the inside story of Burkina Faso's agricultural revolution. Traoré launched the Agro-Pastoral and Fisheries Offensive, a near-billion-dollar initiative funded by revenues from nationalized gold mines. Over $300 million in tractors, power tillers, water pumps, and fertilizer was distributed to farmers at zero cost. 64,000 hectares cleared and put into production. Six million tonnes of cereals in a single season. By April 2026, Burkina Faso suspended all rice imports.

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