Section de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques de Tshela (ISEA/Tshela). B.P. 151/TSHELA, Kongo Central, RD Congo
The main objective of this study is to make profitable the exploitation of fresh cocoa in the sector of Nganda Tsundi, Tshela Territory, Kongo Central Province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in order to improve the well-being of its population. The documentary review on cocoa cultivation, the survey of 69 cocoa farmers and the breakdown of data; have formed the methodological approach begun. The results showed that:
91.8% of income is over-spent by village planters for harvest because of the lack of specific tasks for this operation, compared to SCAM's production standards for the same crop, or to harvest pods to produce 111,666 Kg of beans, 20,040,000 FC are spent in the village instead of 1,642,000 FC at the SCAM.
The planters pay the labour to pick up the pods at harvest while the SCAM assimilates this operation to the harvest. So for milled beans equivalent to 111.666 Kg the planters lose 3.480.000FC against zero costs to the SCAM.
As for the total cost of production, the production of 111,666 kg of fresh beans results in 52.16% of expenditures by the cocoa farmers of Phalanga Ndenga, whereas it would only result in 7.68% of expenditures at the SCAM.
Make this profitable exploitation among the farmers of Phalanga Ndenga, contributed to the reduction of the anthropic pressure of the forest ecosystems of this sector.