[ L’approvisionnement de la ville de Bukavu en produits vivriers et non vivriers en provenance de milieux ruraux du Sud-Kivu: Cas spécifique d’Idjwi sud et nord, Birava, Mudaka, Kalehe, Minova et Luhihi ]
Volume 28, Issue 1, December 2019, Pages 59–72
Christian NTACOBASIMA COKOLA1, Jean de Dieu BENGEHYA ZIHINDULA2, and Marius MURHULA MUFUNGIZI3
1 Institut Supérieur des Techniques de Développement (ISTD)-Mulungu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
2 Département de gestion de l’environnement, ISTD-Mulungu, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
3 Département de gestion de l’environnement, ISTD-Mulungu, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2019 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.
The reversal of the situation of supply of the town of Bukavu with food and non-food products in favor of local products, is a matter which obliges the emergence of the policies of incentives and facilitation of the marketing of agricultural products. It is no secret that in South Kivu, the agro-pastoral sector no longer produces products capable of meeting the demand of an ever-growing population in the city of Bukavu. It is also observed that very often the prices received by agricultural producers hardly encourage them to increase agricultural production. On the other hand, sellers and resellers, as well as consumers in the city of Bukavu are turned to outside products. Suddenly, mistrust of products from the territories of South Kivu increases as a result of the qualitative and quantitative mediocrity which does not favor their commercial promotion. The supply of the city of Bukavu with food and non-food products from the territories of the province of South Kivu faces the following main difficulties: the advanced deterioration of transport infrastructure, the lack of transport equipment, costs and high transport costs compared to products purchased abroad (in Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, etc.) for 26.6% of respondents; commercial, social, administrative and fiscal harassment in the rural and Bukavu markets, the indifference of services and public authorities to the problems of marketing local agricultural products, for 21.6% of respondents, and the instability of supplies in the territories, the unavailability of various lots of desired products, the poor quality of certain local products, the strong competition from outside products (from North Kivu, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, etc.) for 25% of respondents. The constantly growing demand of the city of Bukavu for food products must play a driving role for the increase of agricultural production at the provincial level, provided that the supply circuits in the various sectors are organized in a rational manner. It would take a synergy effort for the supply of Bukavu with food and non-food products from the territories of South Kivu to be profitable, resilient and sustainable.
Author Keywords: Birava, Minova, provisioning, Idjwi, food product.
Volume 28, Issue 1, December 2019, Pages 59–72
Christian NTACOBASIMA COKOLA1, Jean de Dieu BENGEHYA ZIHINDULA2, and Marius MURHULA MUFUNGIZI3
1 Institut Supérieur des Techniques de Développement (ISTD)-Mulungu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
2 Département de gestion de l’environnement, ISTD-Mulungu, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
3 Département de gestion de l’environnement, ISTD-Mulungu, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2019 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
The reversal of the situation of supply of the town of Bukavu with food and non-food products in favor of local products, is a matter which obliges the emergence of the policies of incentives and facilitation of the marketing of agricultural products. It is no secret that in South Kivu, the agro-pastoral sector no longer produces products capable of meeting the demand of an ever-growing population in the city of Bukavu. It is also observed that very often the prices received by agricultural producers hardly encourage them to increase agricultural production. On the other hand, sellers and resellers, as well as consumers in the city of Bukavu are turned to outside products. Suddenly, mistrust of products from the territories of South Kivu increases as a result of the qualitative and quantitative mediocrity which does not favor their commercial promotion. The supply of the city of Bukavu with food and non-food products from the territories of the province of South Kivu faces the following main difficulties: the advanced deterioration of transport infrastructure, the lack of transport equipment, costs and high transport costs compared to products purchased abroad (in Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, etc.) for 26.6% of respondents; commercial, social, administrative and fiscal harassment in the rural and Bukavu markets, the indifference of services and public authorities to the problems of marketing local agricultural products, for 21.6% of respondents, and the instability of supplies in the territories, the unavailability of various lots of desired products, the poor quality of certain local products, the strong competition from outside products (from North Kivu, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, etc.) for 25% of respondents. The constantly growing demand of the city of Bukavu for food products must play a driving role for the increase of agricultural production at the provincial level, provided that the supply circuits in the various sectors are organized in a rational manner. It would take a synergy effort for the supply of Bukavu with food and non-food products from the territories of South Kivu to be profitable, resilient and sustainable.
Author Keywords: Birava, Minova, provisioning, Idjwi, food product.
Abstract: (french)
Le retournement de la situation d’approvisionnement de la ville de Bukavu en produits vivriers et non vivriers en faveur des produits locaux, est une affaire qui oblige l’émergence des politiques incitatives et de facilitation de la commercialisation de produits agricoles. Il n’est un secret pour personne qu’au Sud-Kivu, le secteur agropastoral ne donne plus des productions capables de satisfaire la demande d’une population sans cesse croissante dans la ville de Bukavu. Il s’observe aussi que très souvent, les prix reçus par les producteurs agricoles ne les encouragent guère à accroitre la production agricole. De l’autre côté, les vendeurs et revendeurs, ainsi que les consommateurs de la ville de Bukavu sont tournés vers les produits extérieurs. Du coup, la méfiance envers les produits provenant des territoires du Sud-Kivu s’accroit à la suite de la médiocrité qualitative et quantitative qui ne favorise pas leur promotion commerciale. L’approvisionnement de la ville de Bukavu en produits vivriers et non vivriers venant des territoires de la province du Sud-Kivu fait face aux principales difficultés suivantes : la détérioration avancée des infrastructures de transport, l‘insuffisance des engins de transport, les coûts et charges de transport élevés par rapport aux produits achetés à l’étranger (au Rwanda, en Ouganda, au Burundi,…) pour 26,6% d’enquêtés ; les tracasseries commerciales, sociales, administratives et fiscales dans les marchés ruraux et de Bukavu, l’indifférence des services et pouvoirs publics aux problèmes de commercialisation de produits agricoles locaux, pour 21,6% d’enquêtés, et l’instabilité des approvisionnements dans les territoires, l’indisponibilité des lots variés de produits souhaités, la médiocrité qualitative de certains produits locaux, la forte concurrence de produits extérieurs (venant du Nord-Kivu, du Rwanda, de l’Ouganda, du Burundi, etc) pour 25% d’enquêtés. La demande sans cesse croissante de la ville de Bukavu en produits alimentaires doit jouer un rôle moteur pour l’accroissement de la production agricole au niveau provinciale, à condition d’organiser de manière rationnelle les circuits d’approvisionnement dans les différentes filières, que les transports soient efficients, que les coûts et les charges de transactions soient aussi réduits que possible. Il faudrait un effort de synergie pour que l’approvisionnement de Bukavu en produits vivriers et non vivriers venant des territoires du Sud-Kivu soit une activité rentable, résiliente et durable.
Author Keywords: Birava, Minova, approvisionnement, Idjwi, produit vivrier.
How to Cite this Article
Christian NTACOBASIMA COKOLA, Jean de Dieu BENGEHYA ZIHINDULA, and Marius MURHULA MUFUNGIZI, “Provisioning of the town of Bukavu of food and nonfood products coming from rural mediums of the South-Kivu: Case of southern and northern Idjwi, Birava, Mudaka, Kalehe, Minova and Luhihi,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 59–72, December 2019.
