Over the last decade, mangoes have become Burkina Faso's most important fruit tree crop. In this West African country, this sector brings in about €23 million/year. It's the primary source of income for 15,000 farmers and their families. Mangoes' total cultivated area is around 35,000 hectares. On this, farmers grow an average of between 240,000 and 300,000 tons of fresh mangoes annually.
The south-western region of Hauts-Bassins supplies more than half of the national mango production. But Burkina Faso doesn't only produce fresh mangoes. Increasing foreign demand has quadrupled dried mango production since 2014. It now stands at over 3,000 tons. Burkina Faso's mango harvesting season runs from March to August.