[ Commercialisation des choux à Lubumbashi : acteurs, rentabilité et contraintes ]
Volume 15, Issue 1, May 2015, Pages 95–101
Mushagalusa Balasha Arsene1, Birindwa Vumba Patient2, Byamungu Barhasima Frederic3, Kirongozi Swedi4, and Mujinga Kaoma Modeste5
1 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
2 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
3 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
4 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
5 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
Original language: French
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The marketing of vegetables makes it possible to distribute the incomes between all the actors intervening in the chains and constitutes a means of fighting against poverty and the food insecurity in urban area. This article aims to indicate the profitability and the constraints of the cabbage marketing in Lubumbashi. To arrive there, 30 sellers of cabbages were surveyed at the markets Radem, Rwashi and Congo. The studied parameters relate to the socio demography, the costs of acquisition of cabbages, the selling prices, the incomes, tax and the encountered difficulties. The results showed that there are more saleswomen with 93,3% and 86,7% respectively of cabbages of China and headed cabbages having experience more than five years. The total costs of marketing's relate to the acquisition of cabbages, transport and daily tax. For a quantity of 10 kg sold a day on retail, the incomes generated by cabbages of China and headed cabbages are of order of 3, 8 and 6, 8$ and the related benefits are 1, 2 and 2, 5$.It is the headed cabbage which proves to be more profitable but for the two types just like of other market garden produces, it is the absence of the means of transport, modern conservation and the structuring of the markets which constitute difficulties of their marketing in Lubumbashi. However the marketing of the market-gardening products comprises significant stakes related to the development of urban agriculture and the orientations of the truck farming channels.
Author Keywords: Urban agriculture, women, Cabbages, conservation cost of acquisition, Income.
Volume 15, Issue 1, May 2015, Pages 95–101
Mushagalusa Balasha Arsene1, Birindwa Vumba Patient2, Byamungu Barhasima Frederic3, Kirongozi Swedi4, and Mujinga Kaoma Modeste5
1 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
2 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
3 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
4 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
5 Département d'économie agricole, Faculté des sciences agronomiques de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Katanga, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The marketing of vegetables makes it possible to distribute the incomes between all the actors intervening in the chains and constitutes a means of fighting against poverty and the food insecurity in urban area. This article aims to indicate the profitability and the constraints of the cabbage marketing in Lubumbashi. To arrive there, 30 sellers of cabbages were surveyed at the markets Radem, Rwashi and Congo. The studied parameters relate to the socio demography, the costs of acquisition of cabbages, the selling prices, the incomes, tax and the encountered difficulties. The results showed that there are more saleswomen with 93,3% and 86,7% respectively of cabbages of China and headed cabbages having experience more than five years. The total costs of marketing's relate to the acquisition of cabbages, transport and daily tax. For a quantity of 10 kg sold a day on retail, the incomes generated by cabbages of China and headed cabbages are of order of 3, 8 and 6, 8$ and the related benefits are 1, 2 and 2, 5$.It is the headed cabbage which proves to be more profitable but for the two types just like of other market garden produces, it is the absence of the means of transport, modern conservation and the structuring of the markets which constitute difficulties of their marketing in Lubumbashi. However the marketing of the market-gardening products comprises significant stakes related to the development of urban agriculture and the orientations of the truck farming channels.
Author Keywords: Urban agriculture, women, Cabbages, conservation cost of acquisition, Income.
Abstract: (french)
La commercialisation des légumes permet de distribuer les revenus entre tous les acteurs intervenant dans la chaine et constitue un moyen de lutter contre la pauvreté et l'insécurité alimentaire en milieu urbain. Cet article a pour objectif de dégager la rentabilité et les contraintes de la commercialisation de choux à Lubumbashi. Pour y arriver, 30 vendeurs ont été enquêtés aux marchés Radem, Rwashi et Congo. Les paramètres étudiés sont relatifs à la socio démographie, les coûts d'acquisition des choux, les prix de vente, les revenus, taxe journalière et les difficultés rencontrées. Les résultats ont montré qu'il y a plus de femmes vendeuses à 93,3% et 86,7% respectivement de choux de chine et choux pommé ayant une expérience de plus cinq ans. Les coûts totaux de commercialisations sont relatifs à l'acquisition des choux, transport et taxe journalière. Pour une quantité de 10 kg vendu par jour en détail, les revenus générés par choux de chine et choux pommés sont d'ordre de 3,8 et 6,8$ et les bénéfices y afférents sont de 1,2 et 2,5$. C'est le chou pommé qui s'avère plus rentable mais pour les deux types tout comme d'autres produits maraichers, c'est l'absence des modes de transport, de conservation moderne et la structuration des marchés qui constituent des difficultés de leur commercialisation à Lubumbashi. Pourtant la commercialisation des produits maraîchers comporte des enjeux importants qui ont trait au développement de l'agriculture urbaine et les orientations des filières maraichères.
Author Keywords: Agriculture urbaine, femmes, Choux, conservation coût d'acquisition, Revenu.
How to Cite this Article
Mushagalusa Balasha Arsene, Birindwa Vumba Patient, Byamungu Barhasima Frederic, Kirongozi Swedi, and Mujinga Kaoma Modeste, “Marketing of cabbages in Lubumbashi: actors, profitability and constraints,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 95–101, May 2015.