Bobo-dioulasso: The agricultural season is considered good in the province of Loroum: The agricultural season is drawing to a close in Loroum province. Overall, production is considered good, although some farmers report a decrease in cowpea yields due to insect infestations and heavy rains in September.

According to Burkina Information Agency, despite the difficult security situation which has considerably reduced agricultural areas, producers in Loroum have engaged in farming activities. Around the town of Titao and along National Road No. 23, in October 2025, fields of ripening millet and sorghum are attracting attention. With the support of the technical services in charge of Agriculture, several producers were keen to translate into reality the vision of the national authorities: to produce for food self-sufficiency, especially since many of them benefited from allocations of seeds and inputs.

Souleymane is one of those who received seeds and inputs. Owner of a plot of land a short distance from the city, he awaits a good harvest with smiles on his face. In his field, the millet and sorghum have produced well and are ready to be harvested. "The millet and sorghum are doing well. I expect a good harvest this year because the rains have been sufficient," he says. Bending an ear of sorghum, he exclaims: "Look for yourself at how the seeds are at maturity."

In You, a locality located about ten kilometers from Titao on the RN23, Sayouba is contemplating his field. Just like Souleymane, he too is preparing for the harvest. "It has rained a lot this year. The millet and sorghum fields are beautiful to see." He thanks the State for its support in the form of seeds and other agricultural inputs. "We are proud of the input grants made by the State. This has helped us a lot," he says.

In Koumbola, on the south side of Titao, the sounds of gold miners break the silence. A stone's throw away, a field of cowpeas (beans) stretches across about half a hectare. Dead cowpea stalks crunch underfoot. Some plants are still resisting the October heat. Standing with a pickaxe on his shoulder, his eyes fixed on his farm, Amade the owner shakes his head. He finally blurted out: "It's the beans that betrayed us this year." And to show the cause, the man in his sixties pointed to a small insect clinging to one of the few flowers still surviving the season.

This small insect is called an aphid by technicians. It attacks the flower, devouring it slowly but surely. According to farmers, several cowpea farms have been affected by these insects this season. "The cowpeas did not produce well this year because of insect attacks," explains Amade. "Unfortunately, we didn't have enough products to treat our farms," he notes. Souleymane makes the same observation, adding to this problem the heavy rains recorded at the time of the cowpea flowering. "The low yield of cowpeas is also due to the heavy rains in September," he explains. According to him, it rained a lot at the time when the beans were starting to flower, and this was not favorable for a good production.

In the lowlands of Tansaliga, the rice also shows a good level of maturity and the producers are busy with the harvest. However, rice producer Moussa laments the sand encroachment that has ravaged the first seedlings. "We were forced to resort to our ordinary seedlings because the first seedlings with the endowed seeds were ravaged by the sandbanks of the first rains," the producer points out. He wants more seed supplies to address these situations.

Agricultural technicians maintain that the season is satisfactory compared to the previous campaign. Only a few attacks by weevils and aphids were noted. "We carried out treatments at the limit of available input stocks," says the provincial director in charge of Agriculture for Loroum, Boniface Tiono.