The rice sector in the Ruzizi Plain in Eastern DRC: Organization and transmission of information

La filière riz dans la plaine de la Ruzizi à l'est de la RDC. Organisation et transmission de l'information

Cadeau Rushigira, Enrique Patricio Mendez del Villar () and Nicolas Paget ()
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Cadeau Rushigira: Université Evangélique en Afrique
Enrique Patricio Mendez del Villar: UMR TETIS - Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - AgroParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Nicolas Paget: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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Abstract: The rice sector in the Ruzizi Plain in eastern of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is important in terms of the food habits of the region's populations and the incomes of farmers. This article is based on a survey of stakeholders in the sector and illustrates (i) the organization of the sector, specifying the role of commercial intermediaries; (ii) transactional characteristics (the type of coordination); and (iii) the factors that enable producers to take advantage of information on price and quality. Transactions in the rice sector are organized around three circuits, although the Bralima brewery circuit is largely dominant, accounting for almost 80% of local rice production. It is a reliable outlet for producers, but its weight leaves little opportunity for the development of the table rice sector, which suffers from competition from imported rice.

Keywords: enquête; République démocratique du Congo; Congo; riz; circuit de commercialisation; qualité; prix; marketing; consommation alimentaire; zone urbaine; production; Filière; Information; Riz; Plaine de la Ruzizi (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Économie rurale, 2023, 384, pp.77-92. ⟨10.4000/economierurale.11395⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/economierurale.11395

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