Burkina Faso: 93 retired soldiers and Water and Forestry agents equipped for retraining in agro-pastoral farming
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Ouagadougou/Retirement: Soldiers prepare for careers in farming and livestock rearing (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Ninety-three soldiers and forestry agents have begun a three-week training in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso in farming and livestock rearing to prepare their post-retirement career change. The programme has already trained and set up fish farmers.
Burkina Faso: 93 retired soldiers and Water and Forestry agents equipped for retraining in agro-pastoral farming (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Ministry of War and Patriotic Defence opened the 18th agriculture and livestock training session in Ouagadougou for 93 soldiers and Water and Forestry agents preparing for retirement. The three-week course will be followed by support for setting up farms.
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