This study analyzes the environmental impacts of ecological BCERs on local ecosystems, their socio-economic impacts both in terms of improving income and food and nutritional security.
It was conducted on the basis of surveys carried out with thirty (30) producers benefiting from said BCERs, including two (02) women. The Kobotoolbox mobile application was used for data collection. The data collected was exported to EXCEL software for processing and analysis.
The analysis of the survey data made it possible to identify enormous trends in positive impacts linked to the main impacts studied.
On the environmental level, respondents are unanimous on the fact that BECRs improve soil fertility, 97% believe that they allow better resilience to climate variability. The increase in productivity and income by more than 50% as well as the securing of production as affirmed by 100% of respondents, are some results recorded on the socio-economic level. The second important point concerns a case study which made it possible to develop an operating account of a respondent, illustrating the financial profitability of the ecological BCER. This forecast operating account reveals that from the third year, the cash flow (2,387,835 FCFA) largely covers the investment cost of the BCER which is estimated at 1,800,000 CFA francs.
Some negative effects were noted in particular on the social level. They are linked to the risks of drowning of children that could be caused by the installation of the BECR.
In light of the results, a proposal for improvement was made to the administrative authorities and their partners involved in the BCER issue. This, in order to deepen the analysis of this theme in terms of securing BECR structures, their economic and ecological profitability for a better approach to the subject.