_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: kadebab@yahoo.fr; Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 42(11): 10-22, 2020; Article no.JEAI.65203 ISSN: 2457-0591 (Past name: American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Past ISSN: 2231-0606) Status and Properties of Soils under Some Woody Species of Degraded Glacis in Northern Burkina Faso Abel Kadéba 1,2* , Salifou Traoré 2 , Soungalo Soulama 3,2 , Marco Schmidt 4,5 , Adjima Thiombiano 2 and Joseph Issaka Boussim 2 1 Université de Dédougou, Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement et du Développement Rural, BP 176 Dédougou, Burkina Faso. 2 Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Laboratoire de Biologie et Ecologie Végétales, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso. 3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Institut de l’environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Département Environnement et Forêts, 03 BP 7047, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso. 4 Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Data and Modelling Centre, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany. 5 Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt, Scientific Service, Siesmayerstr. 61, 60326 Frankfurt, Germany. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author AK designed the study, wrote the protocol, done the field works, performed the statistical analysis, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors ST and SS managed the analyses of the study. Authors MS and AT managed the literature searches. Author JIB designed and supervised the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JEAI/2020/v42i1130617 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Mohammad Reza Naroui Rad, Sistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Iran. Reviewers: (1) P. E. Osayande, Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Nigeria. (2) Paul Kweku Tandoh, KNUST-Ghana. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/65203 Received 25 October 2020 Accepted 30 December 2020 Published 31 December 2020 ABSTRACT Land degradation is a threat to biodiversity and has negative impacts on agricultural communities by aggravating food insecurity. The objective of this study was to examine the responses of native woody species and soil variables to different levels of glacis degradation in the Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso. Field investigations were performed according to the degradation gradient outlined Original Research Article