Complex sentence: Around 80% of Burkina's population is rural, relying on subsistence farming to make a living, therefore, when natural disasters such as floods, droughts, or locust attacks occur and cause crops to fail, farmers in Burkina Faso become dependent on grain purchases.
Split into simpler sentences: Around 80% of Burkina's population is rural, relying on subsistence farming to make a living. When natural disasters such as floods, droughts, or locust attacks occur and cause crops to fail, farmers in Burkina Faso become dependent on grain purchases.