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The profitability of potato production in the volcanic highlands in Rwanda
This article aims to analyze the profitability of potato small-scale producers in Volcanic Highlands in Rwanda. Data used were collected from a random sample of 132 producers. Different methods namely accounting method, cost-benefit analysis and correlation analysis were us...
Issues around Village Agroforestry in Aguié (Niger). In the framework of a partnership between the Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey (Niger), The Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), The Gembloux Agricultural University (Belgium), The University of Liege (Belgium), The asbl ENDA Intermondes and the PPILDA Project, former PDRAA of Aguié (Nige...
Assessment of the Economic Impact of Glandless Cotton in Ivory Coast. This study presents the results of an ex-post assessment of the economic impact of glandless cotton introduced in farming system in north Ivory Coast. The researches on this type of cotton plant have been conducted since 1975 until now in Bouaké. From 1980 to 1995, the extension...
Cotton in the world, the position of African cotton and the major stakes. Cotton farming is a very old activity. More recently, cotton fi bre production impacted industrial history and allowed a tremendous rise of the textile industry. African cotton cropping, which mainly relies on rainfed agriculture, family farming and hand picking, is very diff...
Impact of cotton dynamics on rural development: a case study of Korhogo area, in the northern and central IvoryCoast. Cotton cropping is the main cash crop in several African countries. This is the case of Mali where it provides 45 to65% of exportation incomes. Other countries can be added as Burkina Faso where cotton represents the fi rst export p...
Gnetically modifi ed cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. Bt.): what future for small family farms in French-speaking Africa?After a massive adoption in South Africa, genetically modifi ed cultivars are at the door step of francophone Africa. In order toanticipate the impact of Bt cotton on small-scale farming we propose a simple profi t analysis of the c...
After a massive adoption in South Africa, genetically modifi ed cultivars are at the door step of francophone Africa. In order to anticipate the impact of Bt cotton on small-scale farming we propose a simple profit analysis of the crop based on our results found in South Africa and data collected by our colleagues in Mali. Whereas the introduction...
Cotton farming is a very old activity. More recently, cotton fibre production impacted industrial history and allowed a tremendous rise of the textile industry. African cotton cropping, which mainly relies on rainfed agriculture, family farming and hand picking, is very different compared with the one conducted in large scale farming countries deal...
Cotton cropping is the main cash crop in several African countries. This is the case of Mali where it provides 45 to 65% of exportation incomes. Other countries can be added as Burkina Faso where cotton represents the first export product generating 50 to 60% of foreign currency returns and Benin, in a lesser extent (only 30% of exports). Unlike th...
Household sheep farming : technical, socoieconomic aspects and improvement prospects in Yatenga (Burkina Faso). The paper presents a technical and socioeconomic analysis of the domestic sheep production and prospects of improvement in the province of Yatenga in the Sahelian Burkina Faso. A semistructured survey was carried out from June to Septembe...
The paper presents a technical and socioeconomic analysis of the domestic sheep production and prospects of improvement in the province of Yatenga in the Sahelian Burkina Faso. A semistructured survey was carried out from June to September 1997 in 65 family farms distributed among 16 villages. The sheep are kept by women aged of 32.5 ± 5.7 years, o...
Unité d'Economie et Développement rural Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech – Université de Liège Passage des Déportés, 2 – 5030 Gembloux Tél. 081/62 23 65 – Fax. 081/61 59 65 Résumé L'agriculture familiale africaine est concernée directement par l'Objectif 1 du Millénaire pour le Développement, de réduire de moitié d'ici 2015 l'extrême pauvreté et la faim. En...
La demande des consommateurs Dans le cadre de la qualité de la viande de porc, la demande de l'industrie agroalimentaire et la demande des consommateurs sont deux éléments que l'approche globale de la production ne peut négliger. Par approche globale, nous entendons une approche interdisciplinaire concernant la nutrition animale, la santé, la gesti...
