Since the early 1990s, Burkina Faso has been engaged in a wide-ranging programme of reforms to strengthen the foundations of its socio-economic development. The primary sector (agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries) has been one of the main targets of this reform. The sector employs more than 86% of the working population and contributes at least 30% of the nation’s wealth. Burkina Faso has a major untapped potential for agro-pastoral development. However, the agricultural sector still faces a number of challenges constraining the country’s ability to fully grasp its agricultural development opportunities. Agricultural performance is hampered by difficult access to land, agricultural inputs and equipment, poor infrastructure and financing, inadequate agricultural extension, and natural resource degradation.