Association tiipaalga

What Association tiipaalga does

Association tiipaalga is a non-profit association headquartered in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, legally registered in 2006 and operating since 2003 under the precursor activities of newTree Suisse. The organization delivers an integrated portfolio of environmental and rural development programs targeting smallholder farming families across 8 regions and 14 provinces of Burkina Faso. Its core technical offerings include the Foyers 3 Pierres Améliorés (F3PA) — hand-made mud/clay improved cookstoves that reduce wood consumption by 60% and are Gold Standard certified for carbon credits; Régénération Naturelle Assistée (RNA) — assisted natural regeneration of degraded ecosystems; Mise En Défens (MED) — protected family forest areas of 1-3 hectares; sustainable agriculture practices including compost production (112,740 tonnes), biochar (32,959 tonnes), agroforestry, and stone bunds; modern beekeeping (1,270 hives); and environmental education for youth via the Gampela Ecological Training Center.

The organization's underlying methodology is a community-led cascade training model using 34,012+ endogenous monitors (monitrices endogènes) who train other women in their villages — a "snowball effect" with 25-35 monitors per village. The "Reversing the Flow" (RtF) approach places communities at the center of priority-setting, budgeting, and implementation. Since 2014, tiipaalga has been one of the first organizations globally to certify hand-made improved cookstoves under Gold Standard, generating verified carbon credits.

The business model is donor-funded: revenue streams include international development grants (World Bank, RVO, AFD, Netherlands MoFA, LED, Fair Climate Fund, Livelihoods Venture, Both ENDS, APEFE, Rotary Club Germany), carbon credit sales on fair trade markets, and research collaborations (IRD France, FiBL). Services are provided free to beneficiaries. The organization has received three Orders of Merit from the Government of Burkina Faso (2015, 2018, 2020) and operates with 18 paid staff plus 100+ members. Founded by Franziska Kaguembèga-Müller, who serves as President, it is led operationally by Executive Director Bakary Diakite.

Name

Association tiipaalga

Legal name

Association tiipaalga

Website

https://tiipaalga.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Association tiipaalga is a Burkina Faso-based non-profit delivering sustainable land management, improved cookstoves (F3PA), agroecology, and community-led development programs to over 3.4 million rural farming beneficiaries across 8 regions, funded by international donors and Gold Standard carbon credits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental & Rural Development Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Support Activities for Forestry (11531), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Forestry (800), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Forest Carbon Projects & Ecosystem Services (Carbon Credits, Biodiversity) (IMAMAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Forest Ecosystem Services & Carbon/Conservation Programs (AFAMAAAJ), Monitoring, Survival Surveys & Carbon/MRV Services (Remote Sensing, Field Audits) (AFAMACAO), Agroforestry & Perennial Cropping Systems (EUABABAD), Climate, Environment & Natural Resource Management Aid Programs (BPADABAI)

Keywords

• Sustainable agriculture
• Environmental conservation
• Land restoration services
• Agroforestry programs
• Rural development

Headquarters

HQ city

Ouagadougou

HQ country

Burkina Faso

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Carbon Credit Certification and Trading: The organization generates revenue through carbon credit certification (Gold Standard certified F3PA projects from 2014) and trading. Five carbon projects between 2014-2022 sequestered over 1,080,000 tonnes of CO2. Some carbon certificates are sold on the fair trade market, generating funds reinvested at community level.
2. Agricultural Development Projects: Funded by international development partners and donors for sustainable agriculture, food security, and climate resilience projects in rural Burkina Faso.
3. Training and Capacity Building Services: Provides training to farmers on agroecology, beekeeping, cookstove construction, and other sustainable practices. Engages in research collaborations with institutions like IRD France and FiBL.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Association tiipaalga is a non-profit association that designs and delivers community-based environmental and rural development programs for farming families in Burkina Faso. Its core offerings are improved mud cookstoves (F3PA), assisted natural regeneration (RNA) of degraded lands, protected family forest areas (MED), agroecology, modern beekeeping, environmental education, and income-generating activities supported by FAME-AGR microcredit. All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries and funded through international development grants and the sale of Gold Standard certified carbon credits.

Product overview

Association tiipaalga is a non-profit organization based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, focused on environmental protection and improving conditions for rural farming families. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected environmental and rural development programs rather than a unified technology product. Core offerings include the Foyers 3 Pierres Améliorés (F3PA) — improved mud-based cooking stoves that reduce wood consumption by 60%; Régénération Naturelle Assistée (RNA) — assisted natural regeneration of degraded lands; Mise En Défens (MED) — protected family forest areas; Agroécologie/Agriculture Durable — sustainable farming practices including compost, biochar, stone bunds, and agroforestry; Apiculture — modern beekeeping for biodiversity and income; and Education Environnementale — environmental education for youth. Supporting programs include income-generating activities (AGRs) with microcredit funds (FAME-AGR), monitoring and advisory services, and community-led development approaches such as Reversing the Flow (RtF), ARFSA, and Yikãadam Tilgré Soré (YTS). The organization also operates a 10-hectare Ecological Training Center in Gampéla. Since 2014, tiipaalga has been certified by Gold Standard for carbon credits from improved stove projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foyers 3 Pierres Améliorés en banco (F3PA) Improved 3-stone stoves made from banco (mud/clay) that reduce wood consumption by 60%, contributing to forest preservation, household health, and climate protection. Built by women trained through the cascade model and certified by Gold Standard for carbon credits.
• Agroécologie / Agriculture Durable

Quantifiable outcome

• 455,000+ improved cookstoves built, reducing wood consumption by 60%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• newTree SuissecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Swiss NGO that founded tiipaalga in 2006 to strengthen local anchoring of environmental actions in Burkina Faso. newTree's work began in Burkina Faso in 2003 under founder Franziska Kaguembega-Muller. In 2012, tiipaalga took over as newTree's operational partner in Burkina Faso. newTree continues as a key supporter and collaborator.
• FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss research institute financing the CARE r4d project on agroecological research capitalization in West Africa, and the SustainSahel project on agroforestry in the Sahel.
• IRD France (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench research institute collaborating on the INFLUENCES research project evaluating impacts of woody resource restoration undertaken by tiipaalga and newTree over 20 years.
• SPONG (Secretariat Permanent des ONG au Burkina Faso)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBurkinabe NGO network collaborating on the ARFSA project (Accelerating Resilient Food Systems in Africa) and BENKADI project.
• Vogelwarte (Swiss Ornithological Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss ornithological institute collaborating on MED (protected area) research to understand impacts on biodiversity, especially migratory birds.
• SonaspminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the BENKADI project, collaborating to sensitize 200 artisanal miners on environmentally friendly practices.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Justdiggit: Foundation partnering with local African organizations to scale landscape restoration (including FMNR/Assisted Natural Regeneration) in East and West Africa; highly comparable on methodology (Regeneration Naturelle Assistée equivalent) and climate communications model.
• Eden Reforestation Projects: US-based nonprofit employing community-based, village-partner restoration at scale across multiple countries; comparable to tiipaalga on employing local community members to plant and protect trees and on geographic multisite model.
• Trees for the Future: US-based nonprofit running the Forest Garden Approach across Sub-Saharan Africa, combining agroforestry training with food security outcomes; directly comparable to tiipaalga's RNA and agroecology work on smallholder farms.
• SOS Sahel: UK/Sahel NGO supporting land restoration, agroforestry, and community natural resource management across the Sahel including Burkina Faso; directly comparable peer in terms of mission, geography, and rural livelihood focus.
• Tree Aid: UK-registered NGO implementing community-based landscape restoration and agroforestry in the Sahel and drylands of Africa; directly comparable to tiipaalga on land regeneration, tree planting, and rural livelihoods mission in Burkina Faso and neighboring countries.

Emerging players

• BURN Manufacturing: Kenya-based improved cookstove manufacturer and carbon project developer; adjacent to tiipaalga's F3PA kitchen on technology and carbon-credit monetization, though operates via factory production rather than community-built mud stoves.

Others

• Fair Climate Fund: Dutch carbon finance entity funding improved cookstove and biogas projects across Africa/Asia; already a core partner of tiipaalga but as an enabling financier; highly relevant for understanding the carbon-credit counterparty ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• World Agroforestry (ICRAF/CIFOR-ICRAF): Global CGIAR research institution conducting research on trees in agricultural systems; highly comparable to tiipaalga's agroforestry and FMNR research work (e.g., SustainSahel, INFLUENCES), though at much larger institutional scale.
• Clean Cooking Alliance: Global nonprofit hosted at UN Foundation working to scale adoption of clean cooking solutions; comparable to tiipaalga's F3PA improved cookstove program through shared mission, though operating at sector convening level rather than on-the-ground distribution.

Regional players

• SahelConsult: Burkina Faso-based consulting firm working on rural development, agroecology, and climate adaptation projects in the Sahel; comparable to tiipaalga on technical consulting and on geographic focus in Burkina Faso.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

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