The late 1960's was the heyday of agricultural cooperation between the ROC and African countries and the ROC dispatched a large number of agricultural missions to Africa. An agricultural mission also went to Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta) to assist with transforming this barren area in the southwest of the country into paddy fields.
在那個年代，正是台灣大量派遣農耕隊赴非洲，和當地國進行農技合作高峰期，農耕隊也到了舊名上伏塔的布國，西南邊的這塊不毛之地，準備協助該國開墾水稻田。