Farmers' Confederation of Burkina Faso

The Farmers' Confederation of Burkina Faso (French: Confédération Paysanne du Faso, CPF) is a national umbrella organisation that brings together farmers and agricultural producer associations in Burkina Faso. It functions as a collective representative body for peasant and agricultural producers, coordinating member organisations and speaking on their behalf in policy, land-governance and rural-development debates. Its work spans advocacy, capacity building and the implementation of field initiatives with partners and projects. The CPF's public communications emphasise the engagement of African peasants in rural land governance, and it issues declarations on national situations affecting its members. Its website organises activity around presentation of the confederation, the president's message, its members, developed initiatives, partners and projects, documentation, and agroecology. It also publishes institutional and activity reports, study reports, notes and memoranda, bulletins, and capitalisation documents, alongside material on agro-sylvo-pastoral policies and laws. Operationally, the confederation is involved in value-chain and rural-economy projects. One example highlighted on its site is the local milk sector: under the Projet d'appui à la mise à l'échelle des unités économiques paysannes du lait (PROLAIT), the CPF and its partners work to strengthen the capacities of milk producers and collectors, including the official handover of milk-quality control equipment and raw materials for livestock feed. The CPF also works through regional concertation frameworks, such as the Cadre Régional de Concertation des Organisations Paysannes (CRCOP) du Djôrô, which held an ordinary general assembly in Gaoua. As a farmer organisation rather than a conventional commercial company, the CPF operates as a representative and development actor in Burkina Faso's agricultural sector, combining advocacy with project implementation and knowledge production for its membership.

The Farmers' Confederation of Burkina Faso (Confédération Paysanne du Faso, CPF) is a national umbrella organisation for farmers and agricultural producer associations in Burkina Faso. It is structured as a confederation, meaning it gathers member organisations rather than individual farmers, and it represents peasant and producer interests in national debates on agriculture, land and rural development. Its public platform describes a broad programme of work. The confederation presents its leadership and members, the initiatives it has developed, and its partners and projects. It maintains a documentation section with institutional and activity reports, study reports, notes and memoranda, bulletins, and capitalisation documents, as well as material on agro-sylvo-pastoral policies and laws. It also highlights agroecology as a thematic area and publishes news and contact information. A recurring theme in its communications is the engagement of African peasants in rural land governance, reflecting the CPF's focus on land and resource rights for farming communities. The confederation also issues declarations on the national situation, positioning itself as a voice for farmers in public affairs. In terms of concrete initiatives, the CPF works on agricultural value chains and rural economic units. Under the Projet d'appui à la mise à l'échelle des unités économiques paysannes du lait (PROLAIT), it supports the local milk sector by strengthening the capacities of milk producers and collectors; in September 2026 it carried out an official handover of milk-quality control equipment and raw materials for livestock feed in Barkoundouba. The CPF also operates through regional concertation frameworks, including the Cadre Régional de Concertation des Organisations Paysannes (CRCOP) du Djôrô, which held an ordinary general assembly in Gaoua in September 2026. As a farmer organisation, the CPF combines representation and advocacy with project implementation, capacity building and knowledge production for its membership across Burkina Faso.

• CPF officially hands over milk-quality control equipment and raw materials for livestock feed in Barkoundouba under the PROLAIT project.

• The CRCOP du Djôrô holds its ordinary general assembly at ENEP in Gaoua.

A national umbrella organisation representing farmers and agricultural producer associations in Burkina Faso, combining advocacy with field projects and knowledge production.

• Farmer representation and advocacy

  Representing farmers and agricultural producer associations in policy and public debates.

• PROLAIT local milk project support

  Supporting the local milk value chain by strengthening producers and collectors, including quality-control equipment and feed materials.

• Agroecology initiatives

  Thematic work on agroecology as highlighted on the CPF website.

• Documentation and knowledge production

  Institutional and activity reports, study reports, notes and memoranda, bulletins, and capitalisation documents.

1. 1CPF - ACCUEILcpf-bf.org
2. 2Farmers' Confederation of Burkina Fasowikidata.org