Burkina Faso’s economic development largely depends on agriculture, with cotton as main export product (over 60% of the total export volume), making it the main cotton producer in sub-Saharan Africa 14, 15. Sesame ranks third among the top ten export commodities of the country.
Do bee pollinators contribute to smallholder production in Burkina Faso?
By combining exclusion experiments, pollinator surveys and field manipulations, this study for the first time quantifies the contribution of bee pollinators to smallholders’ production of the major cash crops, cotton and sesame, in Burkina Faso.
How are insect pollination benefits valued in Burkina Faso?
Based on the market prices in Burkina Faso in 2015, yield gaps and economic benefits through insect pollination were valued by multiplying the yield quantity [kg*ha 1] by the lowest national market price per kg (cotton: 0.38 USD or 225 Francs CFA, sesame: 0.43 USD or 250 Francs CFA) 47 to state realistic values.
Will Burkina Faso build a nuclear power plant?
Burkina Faso’s military leaders have signed a deal with Russia to build a nuclear power plant to increase electricity supplies. It is the junta’s latest move to align itself with Russia after falling out with most of its Western partners. The junta has turned to Russia for economic and military support since it seized power last year.