Cultivation Projects
Shea Butter from Burkina Faso
Country of honourable people
Burkina Faso. Where can we find it on the map? Ah, there it is! In West Africa, next to the Ivory Coast and Ghana. That sounds very exotic and colourful, makes us think of excitement and adventure. The country used to be called Upper Volta after its three major rivers the Red Volta, Black Volta and White Volta. Its present name Burkina Faso means "Country of Honourable People" or "Country of the Incorruptible". Located on a plateau, the country is characterized by moist savannah, bush land and semidesert. In the last few years this already poor country, dependent mainly on farming, has been heavily hit by drought. The people here on the edge of the Sahel zone can only survive with the help of plants which have adapted to the drought periods: the shea tree, for example.
