The high commissioner of the province of Gourma, Silas Nakanabo, has banned the cultivation of high speculation in the urban centers of the communes and around the concessions in the villages, in order to ensure security populations, with regard to the security context.
In a press release dated June 11, 2024, the high commissioner of the province of Gourma, Silas Nakanabo, banned the cultivation of high crops or dry cereals, including corn, sorghum and millet, in the urban centers of the communes. and around the concessions in the villages.
The same press release specifies that this measure aims to ensure the security of the populations, with regard to the security context, while facilitating the interventions of the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) and the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP), in the framework of securing and restoring the territory.
The same text underlines that it is strictly prohibited to cultivate crops grown on either side of main roads such as national road no. 4, regi
onal roads and rural roads within 50 meters.
Source: Burkina Information Agency