Author(s)

Jean Serge Rodrigue Kouame^1*, Ella Wendinpuikondo Rakèta Compaore¹, Inoussa Ky¹, Ousmane Ouedraogo¹, Natacha Kere¹, Mamadou Traore², Thierry Zoumité Christ Stephen Coulibaly³, Rhout Payine Wendé Yaogo⁴, Mamoudou Hama Dicko¹

¹Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Food Technology and Nutrition Laboratory (LABIOTAN), Department of Biochemistry-Microbiology, University Joseph KI-ZERBO (UJKZ), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
²Emergency Health Response Operations Center, Ministry of Health, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
³National Institute of Statistics and Demography, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁴Engineer Statistician Economist (ISE) Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability Specialist at World Vision International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso derives most of its resources from various agricultural activities. The number of people suffering from food and nutritional insecurity rose from 294,500 in 2014 to over 3.4 million in 2022. This article aims to determine the effects of food stock availability on household food consumption in Burkina Faso in order to better understand the persistent and high prevalence of food insecurity in Burkina Faso. The methodology used is the multinomial logistic regression model, which uses secondary data from the February 2022 Integrated National Food and Nutrition Security Survey. The results show that having food stocks available for more than six months improves household food consumption. In addition, households headed by a male civil servant with a higher level of education, who owns animals, lives in an urban area, and heads an ordinary household are more likely to have improved food security. These findings suggest the implementation of food stock management policies to strengthen food resilience. This could be achieved by extending the duration of stocks for vulnerable households, targeting displaced and poor households with specific economic and food assistance programs. Promoting education and economic diversification could help reduce rural households’ dependence on agriculture.

Food Consumption Score, Availability of Food Stocks, Multinomial Logistic Regression Model, Burkina Faso

Kouame, J.S.R., Compaore, E.W.R., Ky, I., Ouedraogo, O., Kere, N., Traore, M., Cou-libaly, T.Z.C.S., Yaogo, R.P.W. and Dicko, M.H. (2026) Effects of the Availability of Food Stocks on Household Food Consumption in Burkina Faso . Agricultural Sciences, 17, 251-276. doi: 10.4236/as.2026.174016.