[ Etude de la productivité des systèmes de culture du maïs et l’approche SIG dans le département de Dikodougou en Côte d’Ivoire ]
Volume 45, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 83–95
Ouattara Bakary1, Touré Adama2, Assi Kopeh Jean-Louis3, and Assi-Kaudjhis Joseph Pierre4
1 Institut de Gestion Agropastorale, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Département de Géographie, Université Alassane OUATTARA, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
4 Département de Géographie, Université Alassane OUATTARA, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 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.
Corn is an important food crop in northern Côte d’Ivoire. However, producers are often exposed to difficulties in accessing inputs which threaten the stability of production. This contrast led us to initiate «Study of the productivity of maize cultivation systems and the GIS approach in the department of Dikodougou in Côte d’Ivoire». The general objective of this work is to analyze the productivity of maize cultivation systems in the Dikodougou department with a view to improving its production. The study used primary data through a questionnaire addressed to 240 corn producers spread across two (2) sub-prefectures and secondary data relating to the different criteria used. It appears from this study that two maize cultivation systems are encountered in the Dikodougou department. These are semi-intensive systems (72.5%) practiced by the majority of producers and intensive systems which concern 27.5% of producers. More productive, intensive cultivation systems which make it possible to obtain better yields are found more in the sub-prefectures of Boron (45.5%) where almost half of the producers practice them. According to the GIS approach, it is also in the locality of Boron (78.64%) that the areas with optimal potential are dominant. However, average corn yields remain low in the Dikodougou department (1250 kg/ha) compared to national average yields which are around 2000 kg/ha. If the good cultivation potential of the department represents an asset, the adoption of a productive cultivation system is also decisive.
Author Keywords: maize, cropping systems, productivity, Dikodougou Department, Ivory Coast.
Volume 45, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 83–95
Ouattara Bakary1, Touré Adama2, Assi Kopeh Jean-Louis3, and Assi-Kaudjhis Joseph Pierre4
1 Institut de Gestion Agropastorale, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Département de Géographie, Université Alassane OUATTARA, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
4 Département de Géographie, Université Alassane OUATTARA, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 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
Corn is an important food crop in northern Côte d’Ivoire. However, producers are often exposed to difficulties in accessing inputs which threaten the stability of production. This contrast led us to initiate «Study of the productivity of maize cultivation systems and the GIS approach in the department of Dikodougou in Côte d’Ivoire». The general objective of this work is to analyze the productivity of maize cultivation systems in the Dikodougou department with a view to improving its production. The study used primary data through a questionnaire addressed to 240 corn producers spread across two (2) sub-prefectures and secondary data relating to the different criteria used. It appears from this study that two maize cultivation systems are encountered in the Dikodougou department. These are semi-intensive systems (72.5%) practiced by the majority of producers and intensive systems which concern 27.5% of producers. More productive, intensive cultivation systems which make it possible to obtain better yields are found more in the sub-prefectures of Boron (45.5%) where almost half of the producers practice them. According to the GIS approach, it is also in the locality of Boron (78.64%) that the areas with optimal potential are dominant. However, average corn yields remain low in the Dikodougou department (1250 kg/ha) compared to national average yields which are around 2000 kg/ha. If the good cultivation potential of the department represents an asset, the adoption of a productive cultivation system is also decisive.
Author Keywords: maize, cropping systems, productivity, Dikodougou Department, Ivory Coast.
Abstract: (french)
Le maïs est une culture vivrière importante du Nord de la Côte d’Ivoire. Cependant, les producteurs sont souvent exposés aux difficultés d’accès aux intrants qui menacent la stabilité des productions. Ce contraste, nous a amené à initier à « Etude de la productivité des systèmes de culture du maïs et l’approche SIG dans le département de Dikodougou en Côte d’Ivoire ». L’objectif général de ce travail est d’analyser la productivité des systèmes de culture du maïs dans le département de Dikodougou en vue d’améliorer sa production. L’étude a mobilisé des données primaires à travers un questionnaire adressé à 240 producteurs de maïs répartis dans deux (2) sous-préfectures et des données secondaires relatives aux différents critères retenus. Il ressort de cette étude que deux systèmes de culture du maïs sont rencontrés dans le département de Dikodougou. Il s’agit des systèmes semi-intensifs (72,5%) pratiqués par la majorité des producteurs et les systèmes intensifs qui concernent 27,5% des producteurs. Plus productifs, les systèmes de culture intensifs qui permettent d’obtenir de meilleurs rendements se rencontrent plus dans les sous-préfectures de Boron (45,5%) où presque la moitié des producteurs les pratiquent. Selon l’approche SIG, c’est également dans la localité de Boron (78,64%) que les zones à potentialité optimales sont dominantes. Toutefois, les rendements moyens du maïs restent faibles dans le département de Dikodougou (1250 kg/ha) comparativement aux rendements moyens nationaux qui avoisinent 2000 kg/ha. Si les bonnes potentialités de culture du département représentent un atout, l’adoption d’un système de culture productif est aussi déterminante.
Author Keywords: maïs, systèmes de culture, productivité, département de Dikodougou, Côte d’Ivoire.
How to Cite this Article
Ouattara Bakary, Touré Adama, Assi Kopeh Jean-Louis, and Assi-Kaudjhis Joseph Pierre, “Study of the productivity of maize cultivation systems and the GIS approach in the department of Dikodougou in Côte d’Ivoire,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 83–95, March 2025.
