Ms. Daboue, Edith Marie Sylvie

Ministry of Environment

2013 to 2016: Focal point of the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP), Ministry in charge of environment, Burkina Faso.

Shea tree productivity improvement through technologies dissemination

• Elaborate the Annual Work Program and Budget (AWP-B)
• Implement the AWP-B of the ministry
• Reporting the outputs of the AWP-B

CNSF in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, United Kingdom

2012 to 2016 Member of the team implementing the useful Plants Project in Burkina Faso, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, United Kingdom

Enhance the ex situ conservation of native useful plants for human wellbeing by building the capacity of local communities to successfully conserve and use these species sustainably

• targeting and prioritizing native useful plants
• seed-collecting and conservation
• plant propagation and planting
• capacity building and plant conservation in local rural communities
• research to support to in situ conservation and sustainable use of priority useful plants

2005 to now: Head of the Seed Technology Programme

Local tree seeds germination and conservation improvement

• Conception and implementation of research programmes on seeds germination in laboratory and nurseries and conservation of seeds in genebank;
• Advisory of seeds companies on seeds quality and seed banks management;
• Capacity building of seeds producers committees;
• Contribution to the elaboration and implementation of collaborative projects on seeds conservation in rural areas;
• Transfer of seeds production and conservation technologies to farmers and development agents;
• Management and administration of the human resources of the programme.