Characterization of cotton farmers in the south-sudanianzone of burkina faso

Our study aims to characterize the cotton producers of Burkina Faso in order to assure the sustainability of their farming system. For this purpose, we carried out surveys on 90 cotton farmers established in the cotton belt located at the South-sudanian area. The investigations revealed that the access to the farm land for cotton cultivation is by inheritance. The age groups of [20-40] and [41-60] correspond to the majority of cotton producers accounting respectively for 45.83% and 50%. Furthermore, our results showed those farmers organize themselves into producer groups. They have a low educational level while having long experience in the cultivation of cotton produced exclusively during the rainy season. In addition to the cotton farming, their other activities are particularly trade and small-scale breeding. We come to the conclusions that it would be interesting to make the cotton producers benefited of training in sustainable farming system.