Agriculture in Burkina Faso

Agriculture in Burkina Faso has tremendous potential. Burkina Faso produced in 2018: 1.9 million tons of sorghum; 1.7 million tons of maize; 1.1 million tons of millet; 630 thousand tons of cowpea (3rd largest producer in the world, losing only to Niger and Nigeria); 490 thousand tons of sugar cane; 482 thousand tons of cotton; 329 thousand tons of peanut; 253 thousand tons of sesame seed (8th largest producer in the world); 240 thousand tons of vegetable; 160 thousand tons of rice; 103 thousand tons of cashew nuts (12th largest producer in the world); In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products.

Source: Wikipedia — Agriculture in Burkina Faso (CC BY-SA 4.0)