The Determinants of Adoption of Improved Varieties of Sesame in Northern Burkina Faso

In the Northern region of Burkina Faso, the soils degradation and the irregularity of the rainfall patterns have been the major constraints that affect the food security. The stakeholders developed the initiatives aiming to reduce the effects of the climatic changes. In order to integrate the structures of agricultural researches, the objectives were to assess for farmers preferences on improved sesame seeds, to breed for improved varieties adapted to the soil and the climate; to evaluate and select the most ideal sesame variety of Yatenga. A survey has been done on 126 farmers of two rural communes (Barga and Namissiguima) in the province of the Yatenga. The rate of adoption of the improved varieties of sesame is 83.33%. The econometric results have shown that the decisions of adoption of the varieties improved were based on: age, the level of training, the number of workforce and the number of cattle possessed by the household. In a changing climate marked by cycles of season’s disturbances, it is more than necessary to promote improved varieties adopted socio-economic conditions of producers focusing on training farmers to use rationally improved varieties taking into account the recommendations of research.