[ Conséquences des pertes post-récolte des produits maraîchers et stratégies d’adaptation des producteurs ruraux au Niger ]
Volume 38, Issue 4, February 2023, Pages 819–828
Mahamadou Elhadji Gounga1, Rayanatou Issa Ado2, and Habsatou Boukary3
1 Département des Sciences et Techniques de Productions Végétales, Faculté d’Agronomie et des Sciences de l’Environnement, Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi, Niger
2 Programme Alimentaire Mondial PAM, sous bureau Maradi, Niger
3 Conseil National de la recherche Agronomique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du , Niamey, Nig, Niger
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.
Food losses occur at different stages of the food system. They are particularly observed during harvesting operations, during packaging and/or storage, transport and preliminary processing operations. This study was intended to make a diagnosis of the three sub-sectors (tomato, potato and cabbage), in terms of post-harvest losses (PHL) in order to assess the impact of these losses on the producer’s income and their impact on household food and nutrition security. Eight hundred and forty actors (producers, transporters, traders, processors) were involved in this study. Individual interviews, focus groups and weighings made it possible to collect the data. The results allowed to categorize the different types of PHL and determine their impact on the resilience of producers in facing household food and nutritional insecurity. The study also made it possible to identify the strategies adopted by producers to cope with these significant losses. These adaptation strategies depend on the stages of the supply chain. From the use of seeds adapted to the use of good cultural practices in the pre-harvest phase, the use of skilled labor for harvesting and good conservation practices, producers adapt with suitable provisions for transport of the goods and the search for a safe outlet. PHLs constitute a real risk for farmers, preventing them of fully benefiting from their work, while remaining an obstacle to the food and nutritional security of farmers and their households.
Author Keywords: Food losses, market gardening, food security, resilience, household income, Niger.
Volume 38, Issue 4, February 2023, Pages 819–828
Mahamadou Elhadji Gounga1, Rayanatou Issa Ado2, and Habsatou Boukary3
1 Département des Sciences et Techniques de Productions Végétales, Faculté d’Agronomie et des Sciences de l’Environnement, Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi, Niger
2 Programme Alimentaire Mondial PAM, sous bureau Maradi, Niger
3 Conseil National de la recherche Agronomique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du , Niamey, Nig, Niger
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
Food losses occur at different stages of the food system. They are particularly observed during harvesting operations, during packaging and/or storage, transport and preliminary processing operations. This study was intended to make a diagnosis of the three sub-sectors (tomato, potato and cabbage), in terms of post-harvest losses (PHL) in order to assess the impact of these losses on the producer’s income and their impact on household food and nutrition security. Eight hundred and forty actors (producers, transporters, traders, processors) were involved in this study. Individual interviews, focus groups and weighings made it possible to collect the data. The results allowed to categorize the different types of PHL and determine their impact on the resilience of producers in facing household food and nutritional insecurity. The study also made it possible to identify the strategies adopted by producers to cope with these significant losses. These adaptation strategies depend on the stages of the supply chain. From the use of seeds adapted to the use of good cultural practices in the pre-harvest phase, the use of skilled labor for harvesting and good conservation practices, producers adapt with suitable provisions for transport of the goods and the search for a safe outlet. PHLs constitute a real risk for farmers, preventing them of fully benefiting from their work, while remaining an obstacle to the food and nutritional security of farmers and their households.
Author Keywords: Food losses, market gardening, food security, resilience, household income, Niger.
Abstract: (french)
Les pertes alimentaires se produisent à différents stades du système alimentaire. Elles s’observent particulièrement aux opérations de récoltes, au cours du conditionnement et/ou stockage, du transport et des opérations préliminaires de transformation. Cette étude était destinée à faire une diagnostique des trois sous-secteurs (tomate, pomme de terre et chou), en termes de pertes post-récolte (PPR) afin d’évaluer l’impact de ces pertes sur le revenu du producteur et leur conséquence sur la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle des ménages. Huit cent quarante acteurs (producteurs, transporteurs, commerçants, transformateurs) ont été concernés par cette étude. Des entretiens individuels, des focus groupes et des pesés ont permis de collecter les données. Les résultats ont permis de catégoriser les différents types de PPR et déterminer leur impact sur la résilience des producteurs face à l’insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle des ménages. L’étude a également permis d’identifier les stratégies adoptées par les producteurs pour faire face à ces importantes pertes. Ces stratégies d’adaptation sont fonction des étapes de la chaîne d’approvisionnement. Du recours aux semences adaptées à l’utilisation de bonnes pratiques culturales en phase pré-récolte, l’utilisation de main d’œuvre qualifiée pour la récolte et de bonnes pratiques de conservation, les producteurs s’adaptent avec des dispositions idoines pour le transport de la marchandise et la recherche d’un déboucher sûr. Les PPR constituent un risque réel pour les agriculteurs les empêchant de tirer pleinement profit de leur labeur, tout en demeurant un obstacle à la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle des exploitants et de leurs ménages.
Author Keywords: Pertes alimentaires, maraîchage, sécurité alimentaire, résilience, revenu des ménages, Niger.
How to Cite this Article
Mahamadou Elhadji Gounga, Rayanatou Issa Ado, and Habsatou Boukary, “Consequences of post-harvest losses of market garden products and adaptation strategies of rural producers in Niger,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 819–828, February 2023.
