income for rural women

income for rural women

Locally produced millet beer,or dolo, has for generations been an important source of income for rural women in Burkina Faso, with thousands of home-based breweries spread across the country.The beer has traditionally been brewed by ‘dolotières’ using old-style cookstoves which eat up large amounts of firewood due to their low combustion rate. According to the Ministry of
Environment and Sustainable Development (MESD), firewood used in the brewing process accounts for 50% of total firewood consumption in the capital, Ouagadougou. This has clear environmental consequences and is also detrimental to the health of the women who breathe in harmful smoke while they work.