[ Identification des dates de démarrage et de fin des saisons des pluies à Pointe-Noire (République du Congo) ]
Volume 32, Issue 1, February 2021, Pages 83–92
Martin Massouangui-Kifouala1
1 Enseignant-chercheur, Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences Humaines, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 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.
Although doomed to multiple constraints, urban and peri-urban agriculture contributes to the fight against unemployment and food insecurity. This article analyzes the behavior of the rainy seasons on which agricultural planning is based. Two methods were used to analyze the precipitation data: agronomic criteria and frequencies. The main results show that the Pointe-Noire agglomeration has a bimodal rainfall regime. This offers two possibilities to cultivate in the year. But, the rainy seasons are very random. The starts tend to be more and more late while the early endings. And the lengths of the rainy seasons are getting shorter over the years.
Author Keywords: Republic of Congo, Pointe-Noire, agriculture, food security, rainy seasons.
Volume 32, Issue 1, February 2021, Pages 83–92
Martin Massouangui-Kifouala1
1 Enseignant-chercheur, Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences Humaines, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 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
Although doomed to multiple constraints, urban and peri-urban agriculture contributes to the fight against unemployment and food insecurity. This article analyzes the behavior of the rainy seasons on which agricultural planning is based. Two methods were used to analyze the precipitation data: agronomic criteria and frequencies. The main results show that the Pointe-Noire agglomeration has a bimodal rainfall regime. This offers two possibilities to cultivate in the year. But, the rainy seasons are very random. The starts tend to be more and more late while the early endings. And the lengths of the rainy seasons are getting shorter over the years.
Author Keywords: Republic of Congo, Pointe-Noire, agriculture, food security, rainy seasons.
Abstract: (french)
Bien que vouée à des multiples contraintes, l’agriculture urbaine et péri-urbaine contribue à la lutte contre le chômage et à l’insécurité alimentaire. Cet article analyse le comportement des saisons des pluies sur lesquelles est calqué le planning agricole aussi bien en milieu urbain que rural. Deux méthodes ont été utilisées pour analyser les données des précipitations journalières: les critères agronomiques et les fréquences. Les principaux résultats montrent que l’agglomération de Pointe-Noire a un régime pluviométrique de type bimodal. Ce qui offre deux possibilités de cultiver dans l’année. Mais, les saisons des pluies sont très aléatoires. Les démarrages ont tendance à être de plus en plus tardifs alors que les fins précoces. Et les durées des saisons des pluies se raccourcissent au fil des années.
Author Keywords: République du Congo, Pointe-Noire, agriculture, sécurité alimentaire, saisons des pluies.
How to Cite this Article
Martin Massouangui-Kifouala, “Identification of the start and end dates of the rain seasons in Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 83–92, February 2021.
