[ Investigation ethnobotanique et caractéristiques socio-culturelles du mil (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) dans le district des savanes au Nord de la Côte d’Ivoire ]
Volume 43, Issue 2, August 2024, Pages 503–512
Siéné Laopé Ambroise Casimir1, Mariame CONDE2, Roger BAYALA3, Kouadio Ange Fabrice Béra4, and Tâh Valentin Felix NGUETTIA5
1 UFR des Sciences Biologiques / Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
2 UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, BP 1328, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 UFR Agroforesterie, Université Jean Lorougnon GUEDE, BP 150, Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 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.
Millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) is one of the staple foods of the populations of northern Côte d’Ivoire. And, farmers serve as both producers, curators of millet biodiversity and are also repositories of knowledge to determine and differentiate the varieties of millet in their possession. It therefore seems necessary to carry out an investigation with them, in order to benefit from their knowledge on the management methods of the millet accessions cultivated in their possession as well as on the socio-cultural characteristics of the genetic diversity of millet. To do this, 176 producers in the savannah district were questioned during a survey. They were predominantly male and belonging to a diversity of ethnic groups using different local names to designate millet. Three varieties of millet were identified there, namely late and intermediate local varieties, with gray colored seeds, and early varieties which are improved with olive-yellow or light yellow seeds. The results showed that it is a food present in all the ceremonies of the peoples of the North and is consumed in several culinary forms. However, its cultivation is in decline due to certain constraints encountered there and would be neglected in favor of cash crops such as corn, cotton and cashew nuts. Given the important place this culture occupies within the populations of northern Côte d’Ivoire, actions must be taken to contribute to the promotion and development of its culture.
Author Keywords: Millet, sociocultural characteristics, sociodemographic characteristics, Ivory Coast, genetic diversity.
Volume 43, Issue 2, August 2024, Pages 503–512
Siéné Laopé Ambroise Casimir1, Mariame CONDE2, Roger BAYALA3, Kouadio Ange Fabrice Béra4, and Tâh Valentin Felix NGUETTIA5
1 UFR des Sciences Biologiques / Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
2 UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, BP 1328, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 UFR Agroforesterie, Université Jean Lorougnon GUEDE, BP 150, Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 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
Millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) is one of the staple foods of the populations of northern Côte d’Ivoire. And, farmers serve as both producers, curators of millet biodiversity and are also repositories of knowledge to determine and differentiate the varieties of millet in their possession. It therefore seems necessary to carry out an investigation with them, in order to benefit from their knowledge on the management methods of the millet accessions cultivated in their possession as well as on the socio-cultural characteristics of the genetic diversity of millet. To do this, 176 producers in the savannah district were questioned during a survey. They were predominantly male and belonging to a diversity of ethnic groups using different local names to designate millet. Three varieties of millet were identified there, namely late and intermediate local varieties, with gray colored seeds, and early varieties which are improved with olive-yellow or light yellow seeds. The results showed that it is a food present in all the ceremonies of the peoples of the North and is consumed in several culinary forms. However, its cultivation is in decline due to certain constraints encountered there and would be neglected in favor of cash crops such as corn, cotton and cashew nuts. Given the important place this culture occupies within the populations of northern Côte d’Ivoire, actions must be taken to contribute to the promotion and development of its culture.
Author Keywords: Millet, sociocultural characteristics, sociodemographic characteristics, Ivory Coast, genetic diversity.
Abstract: (french)
Le mil (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) est l’un des aliments de base des populations du Nord de la Côte d’Ivoire. Et, les agriculteurs servent à la fois de producteurs, de conservateurs de la biodiversité du mil et sont également des dépositaires de connaissances pour déterminer et différencier les variétés de mil en leur possession. Il parait donc nécessaire de mener une investigation auprès d’eux, afin de bénéficier de leurs connaissances sur les modes de gestion des accessions de mil cultivées en leur possession ainsi que sur les caractéristiques socio-culturelles de la diversité génétique du mil. Pour ce faire, 176 producteurs du district des savanes ont été interrogés au cours d’une enquête. Ceux-ci ont été majoritairement de sexe masculin et appartenant à une diversité de groupes ethniques utilisant différentes appellations locales pour désigner le mil. Trois variétés de mil y ont été identifiées, à savoir les variétés locales tardives et intermédiaires, avec des graines de couleur grise, et des variétés précoces qui sont améliorées avec des graines de couleur jaune-olive ou jaune clair. Les résultats ont montré que c’est un aliment présent dans toutes les cérémonies des peuples du Nord et est consommé sous plusieurs formes culinaires. Cependant, sa culture est en régression à cause certaines contraintes qui y sont rencontrées et il serait délaissé au profit des cultures de rente telles que le maïs, le coton et l’anacarde. Face à la place importante qu’occupe cette spéculation au sein des populations du Nord de la Côte d’Ivoire des actions doivent être menées afin de contribuer à la promotion, à la relance et au développement de sa culture.
Author Keywords: Caractéristiques socioculturelles, caractéristiques sociodémographiques, Côte d’Ivoire, diversité génétique, mil.
How to Cite this Article
Siéné Laopé Ambroise Casimir, Mariame CONDE, Roger BAYALA, Kouadio Ange Fabrice Béra, and Tâh Valentin Felix NGUETTIA, “Ethnobotanical investigation and socio-cultural characteristics of millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) in the savannah district of Côte d’Ivoire,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 503–512, August 2024.
