[ Expansion de la culture d’arbres sur les terres agricoles dans la chefferie de Kaziba au Sud-Kivu: Quel impact sur la sécurité alimentaire des ménages ? ]
Volume 73, Issue 1, June 2024, Pages 1–15
Hefsiba AKSANTI NTASIMA1, Benjamin AGANZE MARHEGANE2, Eliane AKONKWA NDAGANO3, Dieu Merci MASUMBUKO4, and Jean-Pierre CIRIMWAMI5
1 Mastérant à l’Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, Socio-économie et Planification du Développement, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
2 Mastérant à l’Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, Socio-économie et Planification du Développement, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
3 Mastérant à l’Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, Genre et Gouvernance du territoire, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
4 Doctorant à l’Université Eduardo Mondlane, Protection des cultures, RD Congo
5 Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 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.
This study provides an illuminating insight into the complex dynamics between afforestation, food security and land tenure patterns in South Kivu. Comprehensive data was collected from households in 8 of the 15 administrative groupings in Kaziba. There has been a significant expansion of afforestation on agricultural land, fuelled by factors such as the creation of income from trees (37.5%), soil degradation and low field productivity (34.6%), the generation of tree-related employment (22.7%), and even rural exodus (5.2%). These changes are closely linked to key variables such as the age of the heads of household, their modes of access to land, and the year in which agricultural land was converted to afforestation (P-Value ≤ 5). Plantations generate higher incomes, which households use astutely to send their children to school, support commercial activities, repay previous debts, invest, purchase productive assets and, of course, buy food. Agricultural food production is relatively low, with 75% of households relying on local markets for their food supplies. This exposes them to high prices and cash shortages, due to the long planting cycle. The study highlights that 81.7% of households in Kaziba currently face food poverty, reflected by a food consumption score of between 0 and 21 points. Their average dietary diversity is based on three food categories: white roots and tubers, vegetables, and oils and fats.
Author Keywords: Tree income, food crop income, food consumption score, food diversity score.
Volume 73, Issue 1, June 2024, Pages 1–15
Hefsiba AKSANTI NTASIMA1, Benjamin AGANZE MARHEGANE2, Eliane AKONKWA NDAGANO3, Dieu Merci MASUMBUKO4, and Jean-Pierre CIRIMWAMI5
1 Mastérant à l’Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, Socio-économie et Planification du Développement, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
2 Mastérant à l’Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, Socio-économie et Planification du Développement, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
3 Mastérant à l’Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, Genre et Gouvernance du territoire, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
4 Doctorant à l’Université Eduardo Mondlane, Protection des cultures, RD Congo
5 Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 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
This study provides an illuminating insight into the complex dynamics between afforestation, food security and land tenure patterns in South Kivu. Comprehensive data was collected from households in 8 of the 15 administrative groupings in Kaziba. There has been a significant expansion of afforestation on agricultural land, fuelled by factors such as the creation of income from trees (37.5%), soil degradation and low field productivity (34.6%), the generation of tree-related employment (22.7%), and even rural exodus (5.2%). These changes are closely linked to key variables such as the age of the heads of household, their modes of access to land, and the year in which agricultural land was converted to afforestation (P-Value ≤ 5). Plantations generate higher incomes, which households use astutely to send their children to school, support commercial activities, repay previous debts, invest, purchase productive assets and, of course, buy food. Agricultural food production is relatively low, with 75% of households relying on local markets for their food supplies. This exposes them to high prices and cash shortages, due to the long planting cycle. The study highlights that 81.7% of households in Kaziba currently face food poverty, reflected by a food consumption score of between 0 and 21 points. Their average dietary diversity is based on three food categories: white roots and tubers, vegetables, and oils and fats.
Author Keywords: Tree income, food crop income, food consumption score, food diversity score.
Abstract: (french)
Cette étude offre un regard éclairant sur la dynamique complexe entre les boisements, la sécurité alimentaire et les modèles fonciers au Sud-Kivu. La collecte de données exhaustive a été menée auprès des ménages dans 8 des 15 groupements administratifs de Kaziba. Il s’observe une expansion significative des boisements sur les terres agricoles, alimentée par des facteurs tels que la création de revenus arboricoles (37,5%), la dégradation des sols et la faible productivité des champs (34,6%), la génération d’emplois liés aux arbres (22,7%), et même l’exode rural (5,2%). Ces changements sont étroitement liés à des variables clés telles que l’âge des chefs des ménages, leurs modes d’accès à la terre, et l’année de conversion des terres agricoles en boisements (P-Value ≤ 5). Les plantations génèrent des revenus plus importants, utilisés astucieusement par les ménages pour la scolarisation des enfants, le soutien d’activités commerciales, le remboursement de dettes antérieures, les investissements, l’achat d’actifs productifs, et bien sûr, l’achat d’aliments. La production agricole vivrière est relativement faible, 75% des ménages dépendent des marchés locaux pour leur approvisionnement alimentaire. Cela les expose à des prix élevés et à une insuffisance de liquidités, attribuable à la longueur du cycle des plantations. L’étude souligne que 81,7% des ménages de Kaziba font face actuellement à une pauvreté alimentaire, reflétée par un score de consommation alimentaire oscillant entre 0 et 21 points. Leur diversité alimentaire moyenne repose sur trois catégories d’aliments: racines et tubercules blancs, légumes, ainsi que huiles et graisses.
Author Keywords: Revenu arboricole, revenu des cultures vivrières, score de consommation alimentaire, score de diversité alimentaire.
How to Cite this Article
Hefsiba AKSANTI NTASIMA, Benjamin AGANZE MARHEGANE, Eliane AKONKWA NDAGANO, Dieu Merci MASUMBUKO, and Jean-Pierre CIRIMWAMI, “Expansion of tree cultivation on farmland in the Kaziba chiefdom in South Kivu: What impact on household food security?,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 1–15, June 2024.
