[ Déterminants du succès de l’agrobusiness familial dans le Sud-Kivu montagneux en République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 42, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 282–294
Jean-Pierre Kashangabuye CIRIMWAMI1
1 Aménagement et Développement Durable des Territoires, Ecole Doctorale Gestion des Ressources Naturelles et Développement de l’ESSA Forêt, Université d’Antananarivo, Madagascar
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.
Local markets in mountainous South Kivu are characterized by imperfect competition because not only is information imperfect, but also transaction costs are high, sometimes arbitrary and hinder arbitrage in the marketing chain. The prices of agricultural products on the market are not stable. The oligopoly situation experienced in the sector is caused by the concentration of producers. Suppliers thus have power resulting from their domination and strong demand. Oligopoly is dangerous for consumers to the extent that the few players present in this market may be tempted to agree on the prices they impose on buyers. Thus, the latent factors determining the success of agribusiness in beans and corn are the profile, infrastructure, resources used, production technologies used, entrepreneurial orientation and marketing. The latent factors determining the success of cassava agribusiness are the resources mobilized and infrastructure. The latent factors determining the success of potato agribusiness are infrastructure, entrepreneurial orientation, marketing and production techniques. The variable exploited and secured surface area proved to be discriminatory for family agribusiness. Apart from the cultivation of potatoes considered as cash crops on any surface area, only medium and large producers can boast of doing agribusiness on beans, corn and cassava. The direct use of land covered by official and lasting titles offers more guarantee than usufruct for family agribusiness. In addition to land guarantees, the common latent factors for doing family agribusiness are the personal characteristics of the producer, infrastructure, resources used, production technologies used, entrepreneurial orientation and marketing.
Author Keywords: Mountainous South Kivu, imperfect competition, oligopoly situation, determinants of agribusiness success, family agribusiness.
Volume 42, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 282–294
Jean-Pierre Kashangabuye CIRIMWAMI1
1 Aménagement et Développement Durable des Territoires, Ecole Doctorale Gestion des Ressources Naturelles et Développement de l’ESSA Forêt, Université d’Antananarivo, Madagascar
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
Local markets in mountainous South Kivu are characterized by imperfect competition because not only is information imperfect, but also transaction costs are high, sometimes arbitrary and hinder arbitrage in the marketing chain. The prices of agricultural products on the market are not stable. The oligopoly situation experienced in the sector is caused by the concentration of producers. Suppliers thus have power resulting from their domination and strong demand. Oligopoly is dangerous for consumers to the extent that the few players present in this market may be tempted to agree on the prices they impose on buyers. Thus, the latent factors determining the success of agribusiness in beans and corn are the profile, infrastructure, resources used, production technologies used, entrepreneurial orientation and marketing. The latent factors determining the success of cassava agribusiness are the resources mobilized and infrastructure. The latent factors determining the success of potato agribusiness are infrastructure, entrepreneurial orientation, marketing and production techniques. The variable exploited and secured surface area proved to be discriminatory for family agribusiness. Apart from the cultivation of potatoes considered as cash crops on any surface area, only medium and large producers can boast of doing agribusiness on beans, corn and cassava. The direct use of land covered by official and lasting titles offers more guarantee than usufruct for family agribusiness. In addition to land guarantees, the common latent factors for doing family agribusiness are the personal characteristics of the producer, infrastructure, resources used, production technologies used, entrepreneurial orientation and marketing.
Author Keywords: Mountainous South Kivu, imperfect competition, oligopoly situation, determinants of agribusiness success, family agribusiness.
Abstract: (french)
Les marchés locaux dans le Sud-Kivu montagneux sont caractérisés par une concurrence imparfaite car non seulement l’information est imparfaite, mais aussi les coûts de transaction sont élevés, parfois arbitraires et gênent l’arbitrage dans la chaîne de commercialisation. Le prix des produits agricoles sur le marché ne sont pas stables. La situation d’oligopole vécue dans le milieu est provoquée par la concentration des producteurs. Les offreurs possèdent, ainsi, un pouvoir résultant de leur domination et d’une forte demande. L’oligopole est dangereux pour les consommateurs dans la mesure où les rares acteurs présents sur ce marché peuvent être tentés de s’entendre sur les prix qu’ils imposent aux acheteurs. Ainsi, les facteurs latents déterminants du succès de l’agrobusiness sur le haricot et le maïs sont le profil, les infrastructures, les ressources utilisées, les technologies de production utilisées, l’orientation entrepreneuriale et la commercialisation. Les facteurs latents déterminants du succès de l’agrobusiness sur le manioc sont les ressources mobilisées et les infrastructures. Les facteurs latents déterminants du succès de l’agrobusiness sur la pomme de terre sont les infrastructures, l’orientation entrepreneuriale, la commercialisation et les techniques de production. La variable superficie exploitée et sécurisée s’est avérée discriminatoire pour faire l’agrobusiness familial. A part la culture de la pomme de terre considérée comme cash-crops sur n’importe quelle superficie, seuls les moyens et les grands producteurs peuvent se prévaloir de faire de l’agrobusiness sur le haricot, le maïs et le manioc. Le faire-valoir direct des terres couvertes par des titres officiels et durables offre plus de garantie que l’usufruit pour faire de l’agrobusiness familial. En plus des garanties foncières, les facteurs latents communs pour faire l’agrobusiness familial sont les caractéristiques personnelles du producteur, les infrastructures, les ressources utilisées, les technologies de production utilisées, l’orientation entrepreneuriale et la commercialisation.
Author Keywords: Sud-Kivu montagneux, concurrence imparfaite, situation d’oligopole, déterminants du succès de l’agrobusiness, agrobusiness familial.
How to Cite this Article
Jean-Pierre Kashangabuye CIRIMWAMI, “Determinants of the success family agrobusiness in mountainous South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 282–294, April 2024.
