Profile of migrants for cocoa production and agronomic characteristics of cocoa farms in Western Côte d'Ivoire

Kpangui Kouassi Bruno; Sangne Yao Charles; Kouakou Kouassi Apollinaire; Koua Kadio Attey Noël; Koffi N'Guessan Achille

doi:10.53022/oarjst.2021.3.1.0063

Profile of migrants for cocoa production and agronomic characteristics of cocoa farms in Western Côte d'Ivoire

Kpangui Kouassi Bruno ^{1, 2, *}, Sangne Yao Charles ^{1, 2}, Kouakou Kouassi Apollinaire ^{1, 2}, Koua Kadio Attey Noël ^{1, 2} and Koffi N'Guessan Achille ^{1, 2}

¹ University of Jean Lorougnon Guede, BP 150 Daloa – Côte d’Ivoire.

² Interdisciplinary Research Group in Landscape Ecology and Environment.

Research Article

Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2021, 03(01), 051–062.

Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjst.2021.3.1.0063

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.53022/oarjst.2021.3.1.0063

Publication history:

Received on 07 October 2021; revised on 18 November 2021; accepted on 20 November 2021

Abstract:

The mountainous relief of the West of Côte d'Ivoire and the large savannahs next to forests didn’t make this zone very excellent for cocoa production. However, for the last decade, an important influx of farming population has been observed in this area. The objective of this study is to analyze the dynamics of the settlement of migrant farmers in the West region of Côte d’Ivoire, using the department of Biankouma as a case of study. So, individual surveys were conducted among 203 cocoa farmers from 15 villages in the department of Biankouma, who had migrated to this region, It was found that the majority of these farmers are natives of Côte d'Ivoire (38.3%) and non-natives (33.5%) from countries in the West Africa region. The migratory flow to this region is mainly internal, with 95.6% of farmers coming from 11 Districts and 55 localities in the country. While initially (i.e., before 1985), farmers came from towns near Duékoué (11.8%), these waves of movement from towns in neighboring districts (Bas-Sassandra and Sassandra-Marahoué) to the Western Region will experience their highest rates between 2002 and 2013. Observations drawn from our research findings support the hypothesis that the political-military crisis that the country has experienced has accentuated migratory flows of farmers for cocoa production in western Côte d'Ivoire and these migratory flows could be the cause of the degradation of forest cover in the Biankouma Department.

Keywords:

Migratory flows; Indigenous; Allochthonous; Allogenous; Cocoa farmers; Western of Côte d’Ivoire

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Profile of migrants for cocoa production and agronomic characteristics of cocoa farms in Western Côte d'Ivoire

Kpangui Kouassi Bruno 1, 2, *, Sangne Yao Charles 1, 2, Kouakou Kouassi Apollinaire 1, 2, Koua Kadio Attey Noël 1, 2 and Koffi N'Guessan Achille 1, 2

Kpangui Kouassi Bruno ^{1, 2, *}, Sangne Yao Charles ^{1, 2}, Kouakou Kouassi Apollinaire ^{1, 2}, Koua Kadio Attey Noël ^{1, 2} and Koffi N'Guessan Achille ^{1, 2}