[ Appropriation des technologies de l’information et de la communication par les Organisations Paysannes: Cas du Groupement Féminin de transformation de noix de karité dans la commune de Ouessè au centre du Bénin ]
Volume 20, Issue 1, April 2017, Pages 17–27
K. P. Degla1, S. G. Nouatin2, B. Hepkazo3, and B. Dagoud4
1 Départment d’Economie et de Sociologie Rurales, Université de Parakou, 01 B.P. 123 Parakou, Benin
2 Départment d’Economie et de Sociologie Rurales, Université de Parakou, 01 B.P. 123 Parakou, Benin
3 Secteur Communal du Développement Agricole (SCDA), Bohicon, Benin
4 Départment d’Economie et de Sociologie Rurales, Université de Parakou, 01 B.P. 123 Parakou, Benin
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.
The present study aims at analysing the appropriation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by the women association (WA) for processing of shea nuts into shea butter and other by-products in the municipality of Ouessè in central Benin. To achieve this, individual as well as focus groups interviews were used to collect data from the 30 members of this association. In addition, the method of “grading” based on weighted indices was used to analyse the preponderance of ICT uses and their appropriation factors. The results showed that telephone was the dominant ICT used within the WA, and that the transmission of information among members, the search for market information, the advertisements of products, the connection with technical and commercial partners and the restitution of training sessions were the most frequent uses of ICT within this women association. Our study revealed also that appropriation of the ICT has generated for the WA some positive effects in terms of time saving, financial gains, better understanding of information, reliability of information, improvement of product packaging and display, regularity of members to meetings, maintenance of social relations among members, and improvement of their relations with the partners. It appears from these results that appropriation of ICT could contribute to considerably improving the organisation and socioeconomic performances of women associations that were rather, and most often, marginalized in the access to and use of new technologies in rural areas.
Author Keywords: Appropriation, New Technologies, Farmers organisations, Women association, Benin.
Volume 20, Issue 1, April 2017, Pages 17–27
K. P. Degla1, S. G. Nouatin2, B. Hepkazo3, and B. Dagoud4
1 Départment d’Economie et de Sociologie Rurales, Université de Parakou, 01 B.P. 123 Parakou, Benin
2 Départment d’Economie et de Sociologie Rurales, Université de Parakou, 01 B.P. 123 Parakou, Benin
3 Secteur Communal du Développement Agricole (SCDA), Bohicon, Benin
4 Départment d’Economie et de Sociologie Rurales, Université de Parakou, 01 B.P. 123 Parakou, Benin
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
The present study aims at analysing the appropriation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by the women association (WA) for processing of shea nuts into shea butter and other by-products in the municipality of Ouessè in central Benin. To achieve this, individual as well as focus groups interviews were used to collect data from the 30 members of this association. In addition, the method of “grading” based on weighted indices was used to analyse the preponderance of ICT uses and their appropriation factors. The results showed that telephone was the dominant ICT used within the WA, and that the transmission of information among members, the search for market information, the advertisements of products, the connection with technical and commercial partners and the restitution of training sessions were the most frequent uses of ICT within this women association. Our study revealed also that appropriation of the ICT has generated for the WA some positive effects in terms of time saving, financial gains, better understanding of information, reliability of information, improvement of product packaging and display, regularity of members to meetings, maintenance of social relations among members, and improvement of their relations with the partners. It appears from these results that appropriation of ICT could contribute to considerably improving the organisation and socioeconomic performances of women associations that were rather, and most often, marginalized in the access to and use of new technologies in rural areas.
Author Keywords: Appropriation, New Technologies, Farmers organisations, Women association, Benin.
Abstract: (french)
Le présent papier analyse l’appropriation des TIC par le Groupement Féminin (GF) de transformation de noix de karité en beurre de karité et dérivés dans la commune de Ouessè au centre du Bénin. A cet effet, une enquête individuelle auprès des trente (30) membres du GF, des focus-groups pour recueillir des informations émanant de la majorité des membres du GF ont été utilisés, et la méthode d’hiérarchisation basée sur des indices pondérés a servi à l’analyse de la prépondérance des usages des TIC et des facteurs d’appropriation Les résultats révèlent que le téléphone est la TIC prédominante au sein du GF, et que la transmission des informations entre les membres, la recherche de l’information sur les marchés, la publicité des produits, la liaison avec les partenaires techniques et commerciaux, la restitution des formations sont les usages les plus fréquents des TIC dans le GF. L’étude montre également que l’appropriation des TIC a engendré pour le GF des effets positifs en termes de gains de temps, gains financiers, meilleure compréhension des informations, fiabilité des informations, amélioration de la présentation des produits, régularité des membres aux réunions, maintien des relations sociales entre les membres, et d’amélioration des relations avec les structures d’intervention. Il ressort de ces résultats que l’appropriation des TIC peut contribuer à améliorer considérablement l’organisation et la performance socioéconomique des structures de femmes le plus souvent marginalisées dans l’accès et l’utilisation de nouvelles technologies en milieu rural.
Author Keywords: Appropriation, Nouvelles Technologies, Organisation Paysanne, Groupement Féminin, Bénin.
How to Cite this Article
K. P. Degla, S. G. Nouatin, B. Hepkazo, and B. Dagoud, “Appropriation of Information and Communication Technology by farmers’ organisations: Case of women association for shea nuts processing in the municipality of Ouessè in Central Benin,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 17–27, April 2017.
