Agricultural Engineer, Directorate-General for Sectoral Studies and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Resources and Fisheries (MARAH), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
The Centre-West region is one of Burkina Faso’s thirteen regions. This region is immersed in two climatic zones: the Sahel-Sudanian zone, which covers the vast majority of the region, and the Sudanian zone further south. Long-term climate studies are a key indicator that not only help us understand current and future changes in the region’s climate, but also enable better planning of agricultural activities for better resource management and production optimization. This article therefore aims to decipher the region’s rainfall projections over a century and understand their implications for irrigated agriculture at different levels.