The shea tree is the one of the most important tree in the Sahel because of it economic, social and other ecosystem services for the local communities. This study aims to evaluate the level of natural regeneration of Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn (shea) and others important trees in the agroforestry parks using the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) technique in the villages of Dongo, Katcheli and Torem, in South Central region of Burkina Faso. For this, FMNR was evaluated in five (5) farmers’ fields per village and fifteen (15) fields for the 3 villages. In each field, the assessment was done in Five (5) plots of 2,000 m2, for an exhaustive inventory of all tree species. The results show that the tree species with a regular distribution in the field are in population importance order Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn, Pilliostigma reticulatum, Diospyros mespiliformis, Gardenia erubescens, Adansonia digitata, and Azardirachta indica. The assessment also shows that The global trees regeneration rate is 48.62% in Katcheli, 46.51% in Torem and 33.06% in Dongo. These rates are below 50% and this is mainly due to land preparation for crop production in these agroforestry parks. The dominant tree naturally regenerated and managed by farmers is Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn (shea), representing 85.39% in Torem, 75% in Dongo and 69.14% in Katcheli. The Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) technique can be used to increase the regeneration if farmers are trained and closely followed.
