Following the popular uprising in October 2014, the government in place since December 2015 faces high expectations from the population amid a worsening security situation, evidenced by the terrorist attack in Ouagadougou in January 2016 and the onslaughts in the border regions of the north. Despite an economy growing at about 4% a year, largely thanks to the exploitation of natural resources (gold, cotton, shea), Burkina Faso remains one of the world’s poorest countries. Some 80% of the population grow subsistence crops in family smallholdings