Beginning in 1981, at the request of the French government, he visited Burkina Faso as a Farmer Without Frontiers in a programme funded by the CRIAD (Centre de relations internationales entre agriculteurs pour le développement, Centre for International Relations Between Farmers and for Development). In 1985, Rabhi set up the agroecology training centre at Gorom-Gorom, with the support of the Le Point-Mulhouse association.
Rabhi's visits to Burkina Faso began in 1981 due to a request from the French government as part of a Farmer Without Frontiers program backed by CRIAD. Two years later, he set up an agroecology training center at Gorom-Gorom with support from Le Point-Mulhouse.