APPROPRIATION AND IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME FROM THE MECHANIZATION OF PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING OF FOOD PRODUCTS IN THE PROVINCE OF KONGO CENTRAL: THE CASSAVA

Author Name: 1. J L. Bissangilwa 2. C. Kamenga 3. R. Nduengisa

Volume/Issue: 02/07

Country: Congo

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/01.2022-38529796/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Lecturer in the faculty of economic sciences, University of Kinshasa/Kinshasa, Congo
2. Lecturer in the faculty of economic sciences, University of  Nouveaux Horizons/Lubumbashi, Congo
3. Lecturer in the Department of agricultural science, Institut Supérieur Pédagogue et Technique de Kinshasa/ Kinshasa, Congo

ABSTRACT

Among the main food crops, cassava ranks second behind rice in West and Central Africa with a potential economic value of $ 4.7 billion over the next 10 years. Cassava is the most common of all the roots and tubers grown in Africa with a productivity representing 60% of African countries (Kapuku, B.T.1983); it is the staple food of more than 800 million people in the third world (De BRUIJN et al., 1989). But the process of production and the transformation of this food product involves painful stages for the peasants. Thus, mechanization was considered during certain phases of production of this product. In light of this innovation, this study aims to evaluate the appropriation and the socio-economic impact of this mechanization in the western region of DR Congo. To do this, from the survey data, we implemented a multinomial probit model on a stratified sample of 198 cassava producers. The counterfactual approach served as a framework for estimating the impact of this mechanization on the income of women processors. The results show that the ownership of electrical machines is influenced by the presence of electricity in the locality and the availability of family labor for the activity; that of the cassava mill by belonging to a group of cassava food producers, literacy in the local language and the availability of family labor. In addition, the appropriation of this mechanization generates a positive and significant increase in the annual income of female producers of 103,914 FC on average.

Key words: Ownership, impact, cassava, mechanization, income, Kongo Central.