[ Circuit de commercialisation et consommation des bananes en ville de Butembo (Nord-Kivu, RD Congo): Cas des plantains et des bananes en cuire ]
Volume 37, Issue 3, October 2022, Pages 497–518
Kambale Kataliko Moïse1, Kambale Muhesi Eloge2, Panzi Syvyaghendera3, Musubao Kapiri Moïse4, Katembo Kitima5, Katembo Mupendawatu6, and Kasreka Mukanyaka Réginald7
1 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), BP 421, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
2 Assistant, Institut Superieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières, Butembo, Nord Kivu, RD Congo
3 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), BP 421, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
4 Département des Eaux et Forêts, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques (FSA), Université Catholique du Graben (UCG-Butembo), BP 29, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
5 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), Lubero, RD Congo
6 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), BP 421, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
7 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), BP 421, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
Original language: French
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Bananas are one of the main foodstuffs in the city of Butembo. In order to understand the marketing circuit as well as the consumption of bananas at the household level, a study was carried out in the city of Butembo. Its objectives were to understand how the marketing system for cooking bananas and plantains is organized and structured, to identify the problems or difficulties that hinder the marketing of cooking bananas and plantains and to compare the consumption of plantains to that of cooking bananas in households. To achieve these objectives, a survey was conducted among 96 plantain and cooking banana sellers and 100 households were used for the consumption study. At the end of these surveys, the results reveal that the banana marketing circuit is characterized by a multitude of actors playing different functions and having divergent market logics. The majority of these players are retailers (69.07 %) and wholesalers in the consumer market (50.52 %). Processors and wholesalers at the place of production are less represented. The main constraints in the marketing of plantains and cooking bananas are related to losses due to the perishability of bananas, transport problems induced by the advanced state of disrepair of the roads in the supply areas, the lack of customers, the lack of banana conservation structure, price instability and lack of knowledge of the transformation of bananas into other products. This study shows that 100 % of surveyed households consume plantains (Ndizi) against 98 % of households that consume cooking bananas (Bisamunyu). Regarding the consumption of bananas within a household, the study shows that a household with an average household size can consume between 1 and 10 kg of cooking bananas per day and per meal with an average of 3.15±1.78 kg. The interpretation of the third quartile indicates that 75 % of the households surveyed consume a daily quantity of cooking bananas of less than 4 kg per meal. Regarding the consumption of plantains, in a household with an average household size, the daily quantity varies from 1 to 8 kg with an average of 2.39 ± 1.23 kg per meal. Indeed, 75% of surveyed households consume less than 3 kg of plantains per day and per meal.
Author Keywords: Marketing circuit, consumption, plantains, cooking bananas and the city of Butembo.
Volume 37, Issue 3, October 2022, Pages 497–518
Kambale Kataliko Moïse1, Kambale Muhesi Eloge2, Panzi Syvyaghendera3, Musubao Kapiri Moïse4, Katembo Kitima5, Katembo Mupendawatu6, and Kasreka Mukanyaka Réginald7
1 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), BP 421, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
2 Assistant, Institut Superieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières, Butembo, Nord Kivu, RD Congo
3 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), BP 421, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
4 Département des Eaux et Forêts, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques (FSA), Université Catholique du Graben (UCG-Butembo), BP 29, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
5 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), Lubero, RD Congo
6 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), BP 421, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
7 Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques, Vétérinaires et Forestières (ISEAVF-Butembo), BP 421, Ville de Butembo, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 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
Bananas are one of the main foodstuffs in the city of Butembo. In order to understand the marketing circuit as well as the consumption of bananas at the household level, a study was carried out in the city of Butembo. Its objectives were to understand how the marketing system for cooking bananas and plantains is organized and structured, to identify the problems or difficulties that hinder the marketing of cooking bananas and plantains and to compare the consumption of plantains to that of cooking bananas in households. To achieve these objectives, a survey was conducted among 96 plantain and cooking banana sellers and 100 households were used for the consumption study. At the end of these surveys, the results reveal that the banana marketing circuit is characterized by a multitude of actors playing different functions and having divergent market logics. The majority of these players are retailers (69.07 %) and wholesalers in the consumer market (50.52 %). Processors and wholesalers at the place of production are less represented. The main constraints in the marketing of plantains and cooking bananas are related to losses due to the perishability of bananas, transport problems induced by the advanced state of disrepair of the roads in the supply areas, the lack of customers, the lack of banana conservation structure, price instability and lack of knowledge of the transformation of bananas into other products. This study shows that 100 % of surveyed households consume plantains (Ndizi) against 98 % of households that consume cooking bananas (Bisamunyu). Regarding the consumption of bananas within a household, the study shows that a household with an average household size can consume between 1 and 10 kg of cooking bananas per day and per meal with an average of 3.15±1.78 kg. The interpretation of the third quartile indicates that 75 % of the households surveyed consume a daily quantity of cooking bananas of less than 4 kg per meal. Regarding the consumption of plantains, in a household with an average household size, the daily quantity varies from 1 to 8 kg with an average of 2.39 ± 1.23 kg per meal. Indeed, 75% of surveyed households consume less than 3 kg of plantains per day and per meal.
Author Keywords: Marketing circuit, consumption, plantains, cooking bananas and the city of Butembo.
Abstract: (french)
La banane constitue l’une des principales denrées alimentaires en ville de Butembo. En vue de comprendre le circuit de commercialisation ainsi que la consommation des bananes au niveau des ménages, une étude a été effectuée en ville de Butembo. Les objectifs de celle-ci étaient de comprendre comment s’organise et se structure le système de commercialisation des bananes à cuire et des plantains, de relever les problèmes ou difficultés qui freinent la commercialisation des bananes à cuire et des plantains et comparer la consommation des bananes plantains à celle des bananes à cuire dans les ménages. Pour atteindre ces objectifs, une enquête a été réalisée auprès de 96 vendeurs des bananes plantains et bananes à cuire et 100 ménages ont servis pour l’étude de la consommation. A l’issu de ces enquêtes, les résultats révèlent que le circuit de commercialisation des bananes est caractérisé par une multitude d’acteurs jouant des fonctions différentes et ayant des logiques marchandes divergentes. La majorité de ces acteurs est constituée des détaillants (69,07 %) et des grossistes au marché de consommation (50,52 %). Les transformateurs ainsi que les grossistes au lieu de production sont moins représentés. Les principales contraintes de la commercialisation des bananes plantains et à cuire sont liées aux pertes dues à la périssabilité des bananes, aux problèmes de transport induits par l’état de délabrement avancé des routes dans les zones d’approvisionnement, au manque de clientèle, au manque de structure de conservation des bananes, à l’instabilité de prix et à la non connaissance de la transformation de la banane à d’autres produits. Cette étude montre que 100 % des ménages enquêtés consomment les bananes plantains (Ndizi) contre 98 % des ménages qui consomment les bananes à cuire (Bisamunyu). S’agissant de la consommation des bananes au sein d’un ménage, l’étude montre qu’un ménage ayant une taille de ménage moyenne peut consommer entre 1 et 10 kg de bananes à cuire par jour et par repas avec une moyenne de 3,15 ± 1,78 kg. L’interprétation du troisième quartile indique que 75 % des ménages enquêtés consomment une quantité journalière des bananes à cuire inférieure à 4 kg par repas. Concernant la consommation des bananes plantains, dans un ménage ayant une taille de ménage moyenne, la quantité journalière varie de 1 à 8 kg avec une moyenne de 2,39 ± 1,23 kg par repas. En effet, 75 % des ménages enquêtés consomment moins de 3 kg des bananes plantains par jour et par repas.
Author Keywords: Circuit de commercialisation, consommation, bananes plantains, bananes à cuire et ville de Butembo.
How to Cite this Article
Kambale Kataliko Moïse, Kambale Muhesi Eloge, Panzi Syvyaghendera, Musubao Kapiri Moïse, Katembo Kitima, Katembo Mupendawatu, and Kasreka Mukanyaka Réginald, “Circuit of marketing and consumption of bananas in the city of Butembo (North Kivu, DR Congo): Case of plantains and cooking bananas,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 497–518, October 2022.
