[ Analyse de l’impact socioéconomique du flétrissement bactérien du bananier et réponses paysannes dans la région du Bushi Kivu à l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 18, Issue 1, October 2016, Pages 66–75
Rutakaingabo Mweze Desire1, Jean-Berckmans MUHIGWA BAHANANGA2, Lwaboshi Romain3, Chihire Barhahakana4, and Serge Amato5
1 Department de Planification des projets, Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, RD Congo
2 Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Officielle de Bukavu, BP 570-Bukavu, RD Congo
3 Département de l’environnement et développement durable, ISDR Bukavu, RD Congo
4 Departement de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, CRSN-Lwiro,D.S.Bukavu, Bukavu, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
5 Institut International d’Agriculture Tropicale, IITA, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 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 analyzes the impact of banana bacterial wilt on the income of small farmers in the region Bushi and inventory practices and strategies Started by them to survive in this new context. The data, both quantitative and qualitative, were collected from 232 farmers in 16 localities of Kabare and Walungu in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The results show a significant reduction of 59.8% of monthly income per affected operator to be $ 31.1 to $ 52 declared. These economic losses could reach $ 7.2 million a month in the study area the month, 86.4 million annually to the absence of effective control measures. Various levers, non-exclusive, have been developed by agricultural households to survive the crisis. This is, essentially, agricultural diversification, pluriactivity, the use of social support networks to pool risk, the agricultural wage labor, and the use of agricultural innovation. These results suggest approaches and agricultural and economic stimulus programs that integrate various farmers' logic in the Bushi area to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Author Keywords: Impact, socioeconomics, farming practices, bacterial wilt, banana, Bushi.
Volume 18, Issue 1, October 2016, Pages 66–75
Rutakaingabo Mweze Desire1, Jean-Berckmans MUHIGWA BAHANANGA2, Lwaboshi Romain3, Chihire Barhahakana4, and Serge Amato5
1 Department de Planification des projets, Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, RD Congo
2 Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Officielle de Bukavu, BP 570-Bukavu, RD Congo
3 Département de l’environnement et développement durable, ISDR Bukavu, RD Congo
4 Departement de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, CRSN-Lwiro,D.S.Bukavu, Bukavu, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
5 Institut International d’Agriculture Tropicale, IITA, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 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 analyzes the impact of banana bacterial wilt on the income of small farmers in the region Bushi and inventory practices and strategies Started by them to survive in this new context. The data, both quantitative and qualitative, were collected from 232 farmers in 16 localities of Kabare and Walungu in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The results show a significant reduction of 59.8% of monthly income per affected operator to be $ 31.1 to $ 52 declared. These economic losses could reach $ 7.2 million a month in the study area the month, 86.4 million annually to the absence of effective control measures. Various levers, non-exclusive, have been developed by agricultural households to survive the crisis. This is, essentially, agricultural diversification, pluriactivity, the use of social support networks to pool risk, the agricultural wage labor, and the use of agricultural innovation. These results suggest approaches and agricultural and economic stimulus programs that integrate various farmers' logic in the Bushi area to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Author Keywords: Impact, socioeconomics, farming practices, bacterial wilt, banana, Bushi.
Abstract: (french)
Cette étude analyse l’impact du flétrissement bactérien du bananier sur le revenu des petits agriculteurs dans la région du Bushi et inventorie les pratiques et stratégies mises en route par ceux-ci pour subsister dans ce nouveau contexte. Les données, quantitatives et qualitatives, ont été collectées auprès de 232 exploitants dans 16 localités de Kabare et Walungu au Sud-Kivu à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo. Les résultats mettent en évidence une réduction sensible de 59,8 % du revenu mensuel par exploitant affecté soit 31,1$ sur les 52 $ déclarés. Ces pertes économiques pourraient atteindre 7,2 millions de dollars le mois dans la zone d’étude le mois, soit 86,4 millions l'an à l'absence des mesures efficaces de lutte. Divers leviers, non exclusives, ont été développés par les ménages agricoles pour subsister à la crise. Il s’agit, pour l’essentiel, de la diversification agricole, la pluriactivité, le recours aux réseaux sociaux d’entraide pour mutualiser le risque, le salariat agricole, et le recours à l’innovation agricole. Ces résultats suggèrent des approches et programmes de relance agricole et économique qui intègrent les diverses logiques paysannes dans la région du Bushi à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo.
Author Keywords: Impact, socio-économie, pratiques paysannes, flétrissement bactérien, bananier, Bushi.
How to Cite this Article
Rutakaingabo Mweze Desire, Jean-Berckmans MUHIGWA BAHANANGA, Lwaboshi Romain, Chihire Barhahakana, and Serge Amato, “Impact of socio economic analysis of bacterial banana wilt and peasant responses in Bushi Kivu region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 66–75, October 2016.
