Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 723–734
Kilo Francine Marina Ki1, Koï Wenceslas Kam2, Siébou François Kambou3, Oswald Gilbert Dingtoumda4, Antoine Sanon5, and Zakaria Ilboudo6
1 Université Joseph KI-ZERBO. Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT. 06 BP 9499 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
2 Université de Fada N’gourma. Institut Supérieur du Développement Durable. BP 54 Fada N’gourma, Burkina Faso
3 Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, 06 BP 9499 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
4 Université Joseph KI-ZERBO. Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT. 06 BP 9499 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
5 Laboratoire d'Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso
6 Laboratoire d'Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 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.
Food security is a major challenge for developing countries. Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are a source of income for families, improving their living conditions. Tamarind is a NTFP used for many purposes, both for food and industrial purposes. However, it suffers from pest attacks. This study aimed to evaluate the post-harvest practices of tamarind fruits and the constraints related to its storage in the communes of Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou. A survey conducred in the form of a semi-structured interview toward 113 respondents in Bobo-Dioulasso and 138 in Ouagadougou. The participatory diagnosis showed that the majority of respondents in Bobo-Dioulasso (70.19%) and Ouagadougou (57.33%) considered insects to be the main cause of damage to the pods. We observe a preponderance of perforated beans (63.16%) in Ouagadougou, while in Bobo-Dioulasso the percentage was 29.85. After collecting the pods, 78.95% of the farmers in Ouagadougou dehull the pods immediately and then keep the pulp without further drying, in contrast to Bobo-Dioulasso (16.67%) where only a minority practice this. More than half of the interviewers sell tamarind to meet specific needs. As for control methods, the main ones are steaming of tamarind used by 72.92% of farmers in Ouagadougou, while in Bobo-Dioulasso only 25.64%. These results show that tamarind pods are highly exposed to insect attacks. It is therefore necessary to investigate the improvement of traditional control methods by including other natural alternatives in order to minimize losses and promote tamarind exploitation.
Author Keywords: Perception, post-harvest, practices, Tamarindus indica, storage constraints.
Kilo Francine Marina Ki1, Koï Wenceslas Kam2, Siébou François Kambou3, Oswald Gilbert Dingtoumda4, Antoine Sanon5, and Zakaria Ilboudo6
1 Université Joseph KI-ZERBO. Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT. 06 BP 9499 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
2 Université de Fada N’gourma. Institut Supérieur du Développement Durable. BP 54 Fada N’gourma, Burkina Faso
3 Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, 06 BP 9499 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
4 Université Joseph KI-ZERBO. Laboratoire d’Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT. 06 BP 9499 Ouagadougou 06, Burkina Faso
5 Laboratoire d'Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso
6 Laboratoire d'Entomologie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UFR, SVT, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 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
Food security is a major challenge for developing countries. Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are a source of income for families, improving their living conditions. Tamarind is a NTFP used for many purposes, both for food and industrial purposes. However, it suffers from pest attacks. This study aimed to evaluate the post-harvest practices of tamarind fruits and the constraints related to its storage in the communes of Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou. A survey conducred in the form of a semi-structured interview toward 113 respondents in Bobo-Dioulasso and 138 in Ouagadougou. The participatory diagnosis showed that the majority of respondents in Bobo-Dioulasso (70.19%) and Ouagadougou (57.33%) considered insects to be the main cause of damage to the pods. We observe a preponderance of perforated beans (63.16%) in Ouagadougou, while in Bobo-Dioulasso the percentage was 29.85. After collecting the pods, 78.95% of the farmers in Ouagadougou dehull the pods immediately and then keep the pulp without further drying, in contrast to Bobo-Dioulasso (16.67%) where only a minority practice this. More than half of the interviewers sell tamarind to meet specific needs. As for control methods, the main ones are steaming of tamarind used by 72.92% of farmers in Ouagadougou, while in Bobo-Dioulasso only 25.64%. These results show that tamarind pods are highly exposed to insect attacks. It is therefore necessary to investigate the improvement of traditional control methods by including other natural alternatives in order to minimize losses and promote tamarind exploitation.
Author Keywords: Perception, post-harvest, practices, Tamarindus indica, storage constraints.
How to Cite this Article
Kilo Francine Marina Ki, Koï Wenceslas Kam, Siébou François Kambou, Oswald Gilbert Dingtoumda, Antoine Sanon, and Zakaria Ilboudo, “Perception on post-harvest practices and storage constraints of tamarind fruits, Tamarindus indica L. in the Hauts Bassins and Centre regions of Burkina Faso,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 723–734, September 2023.
