Paper published in a book (Scientific congresses and symposiums)
Rural resilience and the role of social capital of Kirundo province farmers in north of Burundi
Minani, Bonaventure; Rurema, Déo-Guide; Lebailly, Philippe
2013In Backovic, Slobodan (Ed.) 3rd AGRIMBA-AVA Congress "Agribusiness and rural development as a global challenge" : programme and abstract book
Peer reviewed
 

Files


Full Text
MINANI_Abstract-AGRIMBA.pdf
Publisher postprint (52.85 kB)
Download

All documents in ORBi are protected by a user license.

Send to



Details



Keywords :
Resilience; Rural area; Burundi; Social capital; Kirundo Province
Abstract :
[en] Burundi, family agriculture occupies more than 90% of the active population and plays a vital role in food production and participates of more than 50% of GDP. Before the civil war of 1993, Kirundo was deemed "breadbasket of the country" for the simple reason that fed many parts of Burundi in particular food legumes and cereals, so that family farming was oriented the market. Kirundo alone includes 8 lakes with opportunities for field irrigation. Today, this is the first province in Burundi shows a high rate of malnutrition, poverty increased and a sharp decline in agricultural production up more than 500%. In this study, 73 farmers were surveyed in Kirundo, supplemented by secondary data collection. Analysis of data showed us that, despite recurrent droughts in that region which was caused several deaths due to famines and several displacements of people to neighboring countries such as Rwanda and Tanzania, we found 44% of farmers surveyed who had the resilience to climate change. The analysis of data shows that these farmers were members of local development associations, having learned specific topics such as financial management, processing and storage of agricultural products and livestock. That social capital network influences positively their income because they practice not only farming but also revenue-generating activities such as trade and crafts.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Minani, Bonaventure ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.
Rurema, Déo-Guide
Lebailly, Philippe  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Economie et développement rural
Language :
English
Title :
Rural resilience and the role of social capital of Kirundo province farmers in north of Burundi
Publication date :
2013
Event name :
3rd AGRIMBA-AVA Congress "Agribusiness and rural development as a global challenge"
Event organizer :
Montenegro Business School (MBS)
Association for European Life Sciences Universities (ICA)
MBA The International in Agribusiness
Event place :
Budva, Montenegro
Event date :
26th-27th June 2013
Audience :
International
Main work title :
3rd AGRIMBA-AVA Congress "Agribusiness and rural development as a global challenge" : programme and abstract book
Editor :
Backovic, Slobodan
Publisher :
Mediterranean University, Podgorica, Montenegro
Pages :
51
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Available on ORBi :
since 06 February 2014

Statistics


Number of views
111 (7 by ULiège)
Number of downloads
65 (3 by ULiège)

Bibliography


Similar publications



Contact ORBi