[1] While she was based at Nazi Boni University, Kaboré-Zoungrana investigated the effects of plant nutrition on livestock, including measuring the health of sheep consuming native plants Afzelia africana, Pterocarpus erinaceus or Khaya senegalensis when obtained during different seasons.
[1] As part of this role Kaboré-Zoungrana announced the trialling of genetically modified cotton in association with Monsanto, an important crop for Burkina Faso, in 2011.
[4] However the agency under her leadership also did not renew Monsanto's license to grow Bt cotton in Burkina Faso amid concerns over quality, actual-vs-predicted gains and financial benefits for farmers.
[5][6] She oversaw the implementation of a Target Malaria project to release sterile male mosquitoes, carrying a gene drive to spread the sterility through the native population, in rural areas of Burkina Faso in order to reduce the mosquito population.
[7] In 2019 Kaboré-Zoungrana also opened a new National Biosafety Laboratory on the Institut de l'Environnement et Recherches Agricoles campus in Ouagadougou, alongside Prof Alkassoum Maiga, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation.