Author(s)

Kadidia Semdé^1,2,3*, Hadou Haro¹, Souleymane Ganaba³, Irénée Somda²

¹Microbiology Laboratory, Environment and Forests Department, Environment and Agricultural Research Institute, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
²University of Nazi Boni, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
³Environment and Forests Department, Environment and Agricultural Research Institute, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

This study was to assess the effect of bush fires and human actions on the settlement status of the shea tree in cropping systems. It was carried out using three farming systems as treatments in which randomized plots were set. Thus, dendrometric data were collected from the shea trees. The sampling concerned twelve plots of 0.5 ha (100 m × 50 m) each and the number of adults of shea trees and that of the regeneration per plot was recorded. Forty-five (45) species divided into 20 families and 36 genera have been identified, with a decreasing number ranging from unburned fallow to fields through burnt fallow. From these results, it emerges that the young shea plants are predominant in the unburned fallow. The mapping using geographic coordinates showed that the shea tree gradually aggregated in the fallows with a higher density. Actions must then be taken to support farmers in the domestication and protection of the shea tree for its effective conservation in cropping systems.

Agrosystem, Burkina Faso, Dynamics, Shea’s Tree

Semdé, K. , Haro, H. , Ganaba, S. and Somda, I. (2021) Shea Tree State of Settlement According to the Cropping Systems in Burkina Faso [Rural Commune of Komki-Ipala (Tampoussoumdi)]. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 12, 635-644. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2021.124043.