Agriculture in Burkina Faso

Agriculture in Burkina Faso has tremendous potential.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

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