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ANNEX 2: AGRICULTURE SECTOR
Production Base and Trends
BEST ANALYSIS – BURKINA FASO
Prepared by Fintrac Inc.
The main crops cultivated in Burkina Faso include sorghum, millet and maize. Recent increases
in maize, rice and sesame reflect government priorities to put more lands in production through
irrigation and to promote the cultivation of cash crops for national and regional trade.
Table 20: Production base and trends
2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09*
Average
(2004-2008)
CEREALS
Sorghum Sorgho 1,134,212 1,552,909 1,515,775 1,507,162 1,875,046 1,517,021
Millet Mil 937,628 1,196,251 1,175,039 966,017 1,255,189 1,106,025
Maize Mais 481,473 799,053 866,666 533,873 1,013,633 738,940
Fonio Fonio 9,067 7,801 9,473 12,844 19,544 11,746
Rice Riz 74,501 93,518 113,725 68,916 195,103 109,153
TOTAL CEREALS 2,636,881 3,649,532 3,680,678 3,088,812 4,358,515 3,482,884
OTHER CROPS
Cotton Cotton 535,367 712,708 759,860 377,365 720,676 621,195
Cowpeas Niebe 276,349 444,710 436,153 253,190 537,680 389,616
Groundnuts Arachide 245,307 220,525 215,449 244,921 346,294 254,499
Sesame Sesame 11,793 25,058 22,887 18,802 51,926 26,093
Sweet potato Patate 40,864 70,818 81,432 61,915 73,220 65,650
Yam Igname 89,695 18,323 22,158 19,685 43,295 38,631
Sources: DSAP/DGPER/MAHRH
http://stat.uemoa.int/countrystat/show.asp?gourl=tables.asp&csname=burkina&pageid=pxweb/database/main/burkina/MEGA/
* DSAP/DGPER/MAHRH "Situation Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle Définitive de la Campagne 2008/2009"
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