Ibi, Burkina Faso is a village in
Rollo Department of
Bam Province
Bam is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is located in Centre-Nord Region and the capital of Bam is Kongoussi. In 2019 it has a population of 473,955. It is a rural province with 420,314 of its residents living in the countryside; only ...
in northern
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
, West Africa. It has a population of 1374, mostly
Mossi peoples. It is accessed by a track from
Rollo
Rollo ( nrf, Rou, ''Rolloun''; non, Hrólfr; french: Rollon; died between 928 and 933) was a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, today a region in northern France. He emerged as the outstanding warrior among the Norsemen who had se ...
and is very remote, even by the standards of northern Burkina Faso. There are no vehicles in the village other than mopeds, carts and bicycles and traditional agriculture is the main occupation.
The community is split into two hamlets, old and new Ibi, separated by about 1 km. The village was known for community efforts to build soil and
water conservation
Water conservation includes all the policies, strategies and activities to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, to protect the hydrosphere, and to meet the current and future human demand (thus avoiding water scarcity). Populati ...
initiatives in the 1990s, supported by the German PATECORE project, and hosted development workers and researchers.
[Batterbury, S.P.J. 1998. Local environmental management, land degradation and the ‘Gestion des Terroirs’ approach in West Africa; policies and pitfalls. ''Journal of International Development'', 10: 871‑898. http://simonbatterbury.net/pubs/batterburyjid2004.pdf]
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com{{Bam Province
Populated places in the Centre-Nord Region
Bam Province