[ Action collective et relance de l'agriculture à petite échelle dans le Kivu montagneux post-conflit à l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 16, Issue 4, June 2016, Pages 922–935
Barhalengehwa Basimine Jules1, Rutakaingabo Mweze Desire2, and Katcho Karume Celestin3
1 Department de Sociologie, Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Politiques et Administratives, Université Officielle de Bukavu, RD Congo
2 Department de Planification des projets, Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, RD Congo
3 Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Bukavu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 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.
Studies on the effects of armed conflict in the DRC are more focused on the looting of natural resources and the various human rights violations, with little attention to issues of recovery and socio-economic increase of small farmers. The interest of the actors were more focused on the technical aspects with little emphasis on the importance of community approach. In this paper, We examine the possibilities and means that small farmers effectively revitalize agricultural activities and access more benefits in the post-war context. To collect data, we carried out questionnaire surveys on 300 households, research meetings and interviews. Exploratory factor analysis in principal component has been mobilized to give meaning to quantitative data. The results of the study show that three mechanisms enable small farmers to revitalize their activities in post-conflict mountainous Kivu. These including (i) to have the organized small groups of farmers whose number is between 20 and 30 members; (ii) to promote the existence of an asymmetry between the interests and resources of the actors involved in the collective action, and (iii) create more roles of decision-makers at all levels of social components. Finally, it has been proved that successful collective action are (1) a key to growth agricultural production, (2) the widespread adoption of technologies, (3) easy market access and (4) minimizing conflicts related to natural resources, mainly land.
Author Keywords: collective action, social capital, small-scale agriculture, mountainous Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Volume 16, Issue 4, June 2016, Pages 922–935
Barhalengehwa Basimine Jules1, Rutakaingabo Mweze Desire2, and Katcho Karume Celestin3
1 Department de Sociologie, Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Politiques et Administratives, Université Officielle de Bukavu, RD Congo
2 Department de Planification des projets, Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, RD Congo
3 Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Bukavu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 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
Studies on the effects of armed conflict in the DRC are more focused on the looting of natural resources and the various human rights violations, with little attention to issues of recovery and socio-economic increase of small farmers. The interest of the actors were more focused on the technical aspects with little emphasis on the importance of community approach. In this paper, We examine the possibilities and means that small farmers effectively revitalize agricultural activities and access more benefits in the post-war context. To collect data, we carried out questionnaire surveys on 300 households, research meetings and interviews. Exploratory factor analysis in principal component has been mobilized to give meaning to quantitative data. The results of the study show that three mechanisms enable small farmers to revitalize their activities in post-conflict mountainous Kivu. These including (i) to have the organized small groups of farmers whose number is between 20 and 30 members; (ii) to promote the existence of an asymmetry between the interests and resources of the actors involved in the collective action, and (iii) create more roles of decision-makers at all levels of social components. Finally, it has been proved that successful collective action are (1) a key to growth agricultural production, (2) the widespread adoption of technologies, (3) easy market access and (4) minimizing conflicts related to natural resources, mainly land.
Author Keywords: collective action, social capital, small-scale agriculture, mountainous Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Abstract: (french)
Les études sur les effets des conflits armés en RDC se sont plus focalisées sur les pillages des ressources naturelles et les différentes violations des droits humains, avec peu d’attention sur les questions de relance et de relèvement socio-économique des petits agriculteurs. L'intérêt des acteurs a été plus concentré sur des aspects techniques avec peu d'accent sur l'importance de l'approche communautaire. Le présent article examine les différentes possibilités et moyens pour que les petits agriculteurs relancent efficacement leurs activités agricoles et accèdent à plus de bénéfices dans un contexte d'après guerre. Pour collecter les données, les enquêtes par questionnaire auprès de 300 ménages, des réunions de recherche, des interviews ont été réalisées. L’analyse factorielle exploratoire en composante principale a été mobilisée pour donner sens aux données quantitatives. Les résultats de l'étude démontrent que trois mécanismes permettent aux petits agriculteurs de relancer leurs activités dans le Kivu montagneux post-conflit, notamment (i) disposer des petits groupes d’agriculteurs organisés dont le nombre se situe entre 20 et 30 membres. Ensuite, (ii) promouvoir l’existence d’une asymétrie entre les intérêts et les ressources des acteurs, et enfin (iii) susciter de plus en plus les rôles des instances décisionnelles à tous les niveaux des composantes sociales. Enfin, il a été démontré que les actions collectives réussies constituent une clé de croissance de la production agricole, l'adoption à grande échelle des technologies, l'accès facile au marché et la réduction des conflits autour des ressources naturelles et principalement la terre.
Author Keywords: Action collective, capital social, agriculture à petite échelle, Kivu montagneux, République Démocratique du Congo.
How to Cite this Article
Barhalengehwa Basimine Jules, Rutakaingabo Mweze Desire, and Katcho Karume Celestin, “Collective action and revitalization of small-scale agriculture in the mountainous post-conflict Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 922–935, June 2016.
