[ Territoire de Kimvula: Un espace commercial non disputé (Province du Kongo central en République Démocratique du Congo) ]
Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2023, Pages 57–67
Marie Honorine Lugangu1, Félicien Lukoki2, and Aloni Komanda3
1 Doctorante à l’Université de Kinshasa, Chef des Travaux à l’ISP/Mbanza-Ngungu (Kongo Central), Mbanza-Ngungu, RD Congo
2 Laboratoire de Botanique systématique & d'écologie végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, BP. 190 Kinshasa XI (Université de Kinshasa), RD Congo
3 Université de Kinshasa, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Mention Géosciences, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 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.
Through this article, the authors expose the causes that prevent the marketing of food and manufactured products in the rural world of Kimvula and suggest some possible solutions. This study aims to identify the problems of marketing in this environment where commercial space is undisputed. The results show that the rural territory of Kimvula, in the province of Kongo Central, is experiencing serious marketing problems. This situation is not conductive to its development. To better understand this problem of marketing, the authors explain the organization of markets and also show that the territory of Kimvula is not a disputed commercial space based on field data. This situation in linked to the lack of markets, the poor state of roads and bridges, the lack of traders and vehicles. Our investigation showed that there are no permanent and well- organized markets in the territory of Kimvula where farmers can obtain food supplies other than agricutural ones (horse mackerel, salted fish, milk) from traders.
Author Keywords: Undisputed space, manufactured products, marketing, peasants, traders, and agricultural products.
Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2023, Pages 57–67
Marie Honorine Lugangu1, Félicien Lukoki2, and Aloni Komanda3
1 Doctorante à l’Université de Kinshasa, Chef des Travaux à l’ISP/Mbanza-Ngungu (Kongo Central), Mbanza-Ngungu, RD Congo
2 Laboratoire de Botanique systématique & d'écologie végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, BP. 190 Kinshasa XI (Université de Kinshasa), RD Congo
3 Université de Kinshasa, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, Mention Géosciences, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 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
Through this article, the authors expose the causes that prevent the marketing of food and manufactured products in the rural world of Kimvula and suggest some possible solutions. This study aims to identify the problems of marketing in this environment where commercial space is undisputed. The results show that the rural territory of Kimvula, in the province of Kongo Central, is experiencing serious marketing problems. This situation is not conductive to its development. To better understand this problem of marketing, the authors explain the organization of markets and also show that the territory of Kimvula is not a disputed commercial space based on field data. This situation in linked to the lack of markets, the poor state of roads and bridges, the lack of traders and vehicles. Our investigation showed that there are no permanent and well- organized markets in the territory of Kimvula where farmers can obtain food supplies other than agricutural ones (horse mackerel, salted fish, milk) from traders.
Author Keywords: Undisputed space, manufactured products, marketing, peasants, traders, and agricultural products.
Abstract: (french)
A travers cet article, les auteurs exposent les causes qui empêchent la commercialisation des produits alimentaires et manufacturés dans le monde rural de Kimvula et y suggérer quelques pistes de solutions. Cette étude a pour objectif de dégager les problèmes de la commercialisation dans ce milieu où l’espace commercial est non disputé. Les résultats montrent que le territoire rural de Kimvula dans la province du Kongo Central connaît de sérieux problèmes de la commercialisation. Cette situation est peu favorable à sa mise en valeur. Pour mieux saisir ce problème de la commercialisation, les auteurs expliquent l’organisation des marchés et montrent, par ailleurs que le territoire de Kimvula n’est pas un espace commercial disputé sur base des données de terrain. Cette situation est liée au manque de marchés, au mauvais état des routes et ponts, au manque de commerçants et de véhicules. Notre enquête a démontré qu’il n’existe pas dans le territoire de Kimvula de marchés permanents et bien organisés où les paysans peuvent s’approvisionner en denrées alimentaires autres qu’agricoles (chinchard, poissons salés, lait...) auprès de commerçants.
Author Keywords: Espace non disputé, produits manufacturés, commercialisation, paysans, commerçants et produits agricoles.
How to Cite this Article
Marie Honorine Lugangu, Félicien Lukoki, and Aloni Komanda, “Territory of Kimvula: An undisputed commercial space (Kongo Central province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 57–67, March 2023.
