Theme 3-2: Livestock Production Systems--Poster Sessions

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In Burkina Faso the history using of cattle as draft power for cultivation is not long. This study was conducted to investigate the farm management, focusing on the regional difference and the presence of cattle farming in the country. Interview was carried out on 30 farms from B Province in the Centre-West Region consisting of 8 non-cattle owners (BNs) and 22 cattle owners (BCs), and on 9 farms of cattle owners from H Province in the Haut-Bassins Region (HCs) in November 2013. The average household sizes of BNs, BCs and HCs were 16.5, 27.2 and 31.3, respectively. The ratios of BNs, BCs and HCs having income sources from livestock farming equivalent to or more than crop farming were 25, 50 and 67%, respectively. The average cattle number of BCs was 8.6 and that of HCs was 50.8. The average planted areas of BNs, BCs and HCs were 4.9, 12.0 and 7.0 ha, respectively. The BCs and BNs had large planted area of millet, rice, sorghum and peanut, on the other hand, planted area of maize, sesame seed, cotton and vegetables was large in HCs. The gross income from the crop farming of BNs and BCs were 95,000 and 114,000 FCFA/year, respectively, which were higher than that of HCs: 59,000 FCFA/year. The gross income and profit from cattle farming of HCs were twice and thrice as high as those of BCs, respectively. The ratio of the gross income from cattle farming to that from total farming of BCs and HCs were high, 72 and 80%, respectively. The results suggested that cattle farming contributed to the profit of farmers in B Province, who had a low profit margin of the crop and vegetable farming due to the constraints of soil condition and climate results from the limit of precipitation.

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Survey of the Farm Management, Focusing on the Regional Difference and Cattle Farming in Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso the history using of cattle as draft power for cultivation is not long. This study was conducted to investigate the farm management, focusing on the regional difference and the presence of cattle farming in the country. Interview was carried out on 30 farms from B Province in the Centre-West Region consisting of 8 non-cattle owners (BNs) and 22 cattle owners (BCs), and on 9 farms of cattle owners from H Province in the Haut-Bassins Region (HCs) in November 2013. The average household sizes of BNs, BCs and HCs were 16.5, 27.2 and 31.3, respectively. The ratios of BNs, BCs and HCs having income sources from livestock farming equivalent to or more than crop farming were 25, 50 and 67%, respectively. The average cattle number of BCs was 8.6 and that of HCs was 50.8. The average planted areas of BNs, BCs and HCs were 4.9, 12.0 and 7.0 ha, respectively. The BCs and BNs had large planted area of millet, rice, sorghum and peanut, on the other hand, planted area of maize, sesame seed, cotton and vegetables was large in HCs. The gross income from the crop farming of BNs and BCs were 95,000 and 114,000 FCFA/year, respectively, which were higher than that of HCs: 59,000 FCFA/year. The gross income and profit from cattle farming of HCs were twice and thrice as high as those of BCs, respectively. The ratio of the gross income from cattle farming to that from total farming of BCs and HCs were high, 72 and 80%, respectively. The results suggested that cattle farming contributed to the profit of farmers in B Province, who had a low profit margin of the crop and vegetable farming due to the constraints of soil condition and climate results from the limit of precipitation.