Volume 33, Issue 1, October 2017, Pages 132–140
Anicet BAHATI KAVANGE1
1 Section : Environnement et développement durable, Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural, ISDR-Shabunda, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
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Cassava clothes a strong nutritional potential and is a means of struggle against the food insecurity in the region, it constitutes an important source of calories. Its culture procures some important incomes to the small producers through the world. Tubers of cassava, as well as its drifted products, flow out everywhere without difficulty. In spite its importance, so much at the level of the food security of populations, South-Kivu’s province arranges a middle score of poor food consumption, the territory of Mwenga represents among territories having recorded scores of food consumption most critical of the province (64,8%). Although cassava presents a big faculty of adaptation to different ecological conditions, its output knows several constraints, the utilization of very appreciable local varieties to illnesses and the devastating, practices inappropriate farming, the no implication of actors to push producers. We raised that 34% of cassava producers have an age group that varies between 31-40years old, a great number of women. It would be bound to the fact that men interest themselves to the mining activities to the detriment of agriculture in our middle of survey. Producers are confronted to the difficulty of access to the credit to achieve this activity, the no political actor implication and no governmental for the improvement of this culture whereas agriculture constitutes the main source of income of 42% of producers. The upsurge of illnesses as the mosaic, the Cassava brown Steak disease, the «cercosporiose», and the «bactériose» constitutes a brake for the growth and the development of the culture. The surface cultivated by the peasant has a negative correlation (r=-0,212) with cassava’s price. What would mean that more the surface is not big, more the price that it fixes is affordable, and beneficial. We also notice that the cultivated surface has a positive correlation with the workforce for the reaping, the ploughing, and the first weeding.
Author Keywords: Cassava, challenges, opportunities, food Security.
Anicet BAHATI KAVANGE1
1 Section : Environnement et développement durable, Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural, ISDR-Shabunda, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2017 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
Cassava clothes a strong nutritional potential and is a means of struggle against the food insecurity in the region, it constitutes an important source of calories. Its culture procures some important incomes to the small producers through the world. Tubers of cassava, as well as its drifted products, flow out everywhere without difficulty. In spite its importance, so much at the level of the food security of populations, South-Kivu’s province arranges a middle score of poor food consumption, the territory of Mwenga represents among territories having recorded scores of food consumption most critical of the province (64,8%). Although cassava presents a big faculty of adaptation to different ecological conditions, its output knows several constraints, the utilization of very appreciable local varieties to illnesses and the devastating, practices inappropriate farming, the no implication of actors to push producers. We raised that 34% of cassava producers have an age group that varies between 31-40years old, a great number of women. It would be bound to the fact that men interest themselves to the mining activities to the detriment of agriculture in our middle of survey. Producers are confronted to the difficulty of access to the credit to achieve this activity, the no political actor implication and no governmental for the improvement of this culture whereas agriculture constitutes the main source of income of 42% of producers. The upsurge of illnesses as the mosaic, the Cassava brown Steak disease, the «cercosporiose», and the «bactériose» constitutes a brake for the growth and the development of the culture. The surface cultivated by the peasant has a negative correlation (r=-0,212) with cassava’s price. What would mean that more the surface is not big, more the price that it fixes is affordable, and beneficial. We also notice that the cultivated surface has a positive correlation with the workforce for the reaping, the ploughing, and the first weeding.
Author Keywords: Cassava, challenges, opportunities, food Security.
Abstract: (french)
Le manioc revêt un fort potentiel nutritionnel et est un moyen de lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire dans la région, il constitue une importante source de calories. Sa culture procure des revenus importants aux petits producteurs à travers le monde. Les tubercules de manioc, ainsi que ses sous-produits, s’écoulent partout sans difficulté. En dépit de son importance, tant au niveau de la sécurité alimentaire des populations, l’opinion scientifique stipule que la province du Sud-Kivu dispose d’un score moyen de consommation alimentaire pauvre, le territoire de Mwenga figure parmi les territoires ayant enregistré des scores de consommation alimentaire les plus critiques de la province (64,8%). Bien que le manioc présente une grande faculté d’adaptation à différentes conditions écologiques, son rendement connait plusieurs contraintes. L’utilisation de variétés locales très sensibles aux maladies et aux ravageurs, les pratiques culturales inappropriées, la non implication des acteurs pour appuyer les producteurs ne font que jouer sur cet aspect. La population active apparemment ne s’intéresse pas à l’agriculture dont 34% des producteurs du manioc ont une tranche d’âge qui varie entre 31-40ans, majoritairement les femmes. Ceci serait lié au fait que les hommes s’intéressent aux activités minières au détriment de l’agriculture. Les producteurs sont confrontés à la difficulté d’accès au crédit pour réaliser cette activité, la non implication des acteurs politiques et non gouvernementaux pour l’amélioration de cette culture alors que l’agriculture constitue la source principale de revenu de 42% des producteurs. La recrudescence des maladies telles que la mosaïque, la striure brune, la cercosporiose, et la bactériose constitue un frein pour la croissance et le développement de la culture. La superficie cultivée par le paysan a une corrélation négative (r=-0,212) avec le prix du manioc. Ce qui signifierait que, plus la superficie est grande, plus le prix qu’il fixe est abordable, et bénéfique. Nous remarquons aussi que, la surface cultivée a une corrélation positive avec la main d’œuvre pour le fauchage, le labour, le premier sarclage.
Author Keywords: Manioc, défis, opportunités, Sécurité alimentaire.
How to Cite this Article
Anicet BAHATI KAVANGE, “Analyse des défis et opportunités de la culture de manioc dans le territoire de Mwenga au Sud-Kivu,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 132–140, October 2017.
