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VOL. 8, ISSUE 1 (2023)
Competition perennial crops and rice growing in lowlands in Sérihio in the department of Gagnoa (Côte d'Ivoire)
Authors
Kotchi Koffi Joachim
Abstract
The Goh region is one of the ten (10) major
rice production centers in Côte d'Ivoire. Rainfed rice cultivation, practiced
mainly on the plateaus, is the dominant type of rice cultivation. Irrigated rice
cultivation is practiced in the lowlands. However, the observation is that the
lowlands are increasingly used by the populations for perennial crops, in
particular rubber and palm oil. That observation motivated this study, which
aims to understand the reasons for the presence of these perennial crops in the
lowlands of Sérihio. To do this, the methodology adopted for this study
combined documentary research and field investigation. The documentary research
consisted in the exploitation of various documents. The field survey was
divided into two phases. First, there was the pre-survey phase, which consisted
of identifying the spaces where the phenomenon under study is observed. The
second phase consisted of interviews with agents of ANADER and Gagnoa agriculture
and then the administration of a questionnaire to 30 farm managers selected by
the accidental method. The analysis of the data collected shows that in 80% of
the cases observed, perennial crops develop in the lowlands to the detriment of
rice cultivation. The farmers concerned justify this dynamic of the occupation
of the lowlands by the scarcity of uplands for plantation crops. The
consequence of this evolution in the occupation of lowlands is the increase in
food prices and the resurgence of land disputes.
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Pages:99-104
How to cite this article:
Kotchi Koffi Joachim "Competition perennial crops and rice growing in lowlands in Sérihio in the department of Gagnoa (Côte d'Ivoire)". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Education and Research, Vol 8, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 99-104
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