Integrated poultry production Note: This project has been cancelled, because of financial problems.The project intended to set up a HACCP certified poultry production facility in collaboration with 100 outgrowers. From hatchery, to slaughterhouse. The one day chicks would be raised by the farmers and sold back by the slaughterhouse. The packed meat would be sold to the local business market.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Both partners have a favourable attitude towards CSR principles. The employees will have labour contracts with social security, good safe working conditions, employee development and organisation possibilities, gender diversity, policy of non-discrimination. The outgrowers, although not formally employed, will be assisted financially if necessary, widely trained and invited to share their experience and opinions. Environmental damage will be mitigated through waste water treatment and reuse of manure on the farmer fields. Animal welfare equals standards for organic chickens in the Netherlands. Veterinary medicinal products will be used with caution and regular tests will monitor the presence of pathogens. A HACCP training is foreseen and a manager familiar with these procedures will be recruited. Product quality and safety for the consumers starts with the import of hatching eggs from the Dutch company Pluriton from parent stock flocks with high immunity against poultry diseases. The broiler feed will come from the Dutch company Nutreco which production is HACCP and ISO certified.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsAll of the forty employees will benefit from good and safe working conditions. Remunerations will be at least 33% higher than the regular living wage in Burkina Faso. There will be a premium rate for overtime hours and the employees receive a social security package with the ‘Caisse National de Sécurite Social’. All the employees get a training on the job and a training on aspects of health, hygiene, safety and environment. According to the work safety clothing, steel gloves, or extra warm clothing is provided. Banning of discrimination, gender diversity and female employment is actively pursued. Employee organisation is respected and ideas to improve the companies efficiency is stimulated.Employees, outgrowers and families will receive a HIV/AIDS prevention training, which will contribute to the awareness on the risks and to public health.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeThe establishment of an integrated poultry production line, which involves all the chains in the production except the parent stock for the hatchery is new for the country. The design of an outgrower scheme for the supply of the production line is new for the sector and the country. The knowledge transfer is new and the entrepreneurship opportunities for the outgrowers is professionalised and laid down in procurement contracts.•	Chain effectsThe project contributes to the food supply in Burkina Faso with the production of protein rich chicken meat. 100 contracted outgrowers will have a secured outlet for the grown broilers. Local farmers and feed mills can expand their production and increase their revenues. The veterinary sector will benefit from the project as suppliers of vaccines and veterinary products. Knowledge and standards for packaging will be exchanged with local suppliers. Local transport companies will be involved and expand their business.•	Impact on the sectorStrategic local suppliers and other operators in the meat sector will be informed in different sessions on the strict standards and requirements that the joint venture applies in its integrated production process. This will set an example for substitute poultry or even gives opportunities to replicate the production.Internships for students of agricultural schools and universities will give opportunity’s to share knowledge and gain experience in a professional entrepreneurial environment.•	EnvironmentThe joint venture takes measures to reduce a negative impact on the environment. A water treatment system counteracts the negative effects for surface- and groundwater. The offal of the slaughterhouse will be transformed into pig and fish feed. The manure from the broilers will be used to fertilise the fields of the outgrowers which will have a positive effect on the production.•	Position of womenThe proportion of women under the employees will be 48%. Equal pay and opportunities, a zero tolerance on sexual harassment and measures to combine work and care will be taken. The deliberate choice for female outgrowers contributes the promotion of female entrepreneurship. It is expected that each outgrower should make a profit of about € 2.600 year. The economic opportunity can lead to a higher self-consciousness, independence and self-reliance and sets an example for a way out of poverty.	•	Impact on food safetyThe local production of protein rich chicken meat will be sold on the local market to retailers, supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, resorts. Important demand is expected from South African expats working in the mining companies in Burkina Faso. Due to the HACCP certification and the year round production it will set an example for food security and food safety. An Integrated poultry production line, including a hatchery, an outgrower programme and a slaughterhouse, with a weekly production of 19,000 chicken, packed and mainly frozen for the local market.