The cashew nut and sesame sectors represent complementary sources of revenue for the vulnerable populations of the rural areas. Sesame has a potential of significant development to Burkina Faso, being a not very demanding plant, easily integrated in the agricultural calendars and which may be valuable for export. The request of the international market is growing and certain contracts of purchase in Burkina Faso are not filled. The cashew nut (cashew nut) also has a potential of diversification of the incomes, although the current production of Burkina Faso remains weak and little structured. Plantations exist in the target areas of the action but the requirements of the international market are not controlled by the producers. The cashew tree is a rustic tree which may be valuable economically, this is why it is regarded as a tree adapted to the economic development of underprivileged zones and was introduced into the zones of raised savannas in several countries of West Africa.

• To reduce poverty in rural environment to improve the living conditions of underprivileged populations
• To promote the representation of the women in the national agricultural sector and the economic independence of the women
• To support the local creation of added-value by the promotion of quality and the post-harvest treatments
• To facilitate the integration of populations vulnerable to the worldwide economy
• To support the safeguarding of the natural resources by the promotion of agrobiologic cultivation methods and a reafforestation economically profitable for the populations