Comparison of some characteristics of cashew nut production in two agroecological zones of Burkina Faso

Social surveys were conducted for a duration of 3 months to collect information about cashew producers, their farms and production characteristics, identify their constraints in the cashew production in four villages of each of the South Soudanian and North soudanian zones. Statistical significance...

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Published in:Cogent food & agriculture 2023-12, Vol.9 (2)
Main Authors: Zephirin Somda, Naamwin Irkoum, Ugwu, Juliana Amaka, Dao, Madjelia Cangré Ebou
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Agroforestry
Anacardiaceae
cashew production
Climate change
Climatic zones
constraints
control strategies
Crop diseases
Decision making
Ecology
Environmental impact
Environmental management
Farmers
Farms
Food
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Insecticides
Insects
Nuts
nuts yield
Pesticides
Pests
pests infestation
Plantations
Population
Questionnaires
Seedlings
Statistical analysis
Sustainability
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Summary:Social surveys were conducted for a duration of 3 months to collect information about cashew producers, their farms and production characteristics, identify their constraints in the cashew production in four villages of each of the South Soudanian and North soudanian zones. Statistical significance is recorded according to climatic zones at 5% probability. More than 60%, 76%, 77% and 94% of cashew producers are 40-60 years old, unschooled, male and autochthons, respectively. The seedling sources of planting material are varied and are statistically different with P = 9.18e − 4 . The cashew plants spacing, the pesticides used for inter-crops treatment and A. terebrans and D. trifasciata management are significantly different according to climatic zones with respective probabilities as P = 0.05, P = 7.90e − 4 and P = 5.93e − 3 . Too many constraints are encountered to cashew producers and are varying significantly (P = 2.61e − 4 ). Cashew total nuts yield and yield loss estimated by insects and pests infestation are weakly correlated to the number of cashew farms, cashew nuts production time, the attack time of A. terebrans or D. trifasciata and cashew orchards age in the Soudanian and Soudano-Sahelian zones with a probability 
ISSN:2331-1932
2331-1932
DOI:10.1080/23311932.2023.2272489