Etude de la filière rotin dans le district d'Abidjan (Sud Côte d'Ivoire)

• Published in: Biotechnologie, agronomie, société et environnement Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 199 - 209
• Main Authors: Kouakou KL, Zoro Bi IA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux 01-01-2004
• Subjects: Abidjan district; Côte dIvoire; forest managing; production-to-consumption system; Rattan; rural economy; sustainable development
• ISSN: 1370-6233; 1780-4507

Study of rattan production-to-consumption system in the district of Abidjan (South Côte dIvoire). The domestication of Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) requires an evaluation of their social and economical potentials in the target zones. The present work deals with this problematic in the district of Abidjan (South Côte dIvoire) in order to suggest for this zone, a community-based forest management plan, allowing a conservation and sustainable exploitation of rattan, used as plant model. From interviews and printed forms addressed to 42 rural families composed of about 200 persons, 30 rattan collectors, 12 rattan raw stems traders, 187 craftsmen distributed among 60 workroom and ten urban families (about 70 persons) we determine the commercial channels and evaluate the economic profit of rattan exploitation for each social category involved. We also note the different problems encountered by rattan operators. Data show that rattan trade is profitable at both rural and urban levels, suggesting that this plant should be a NWFP biological model for the implementation of rural forests management and sustainable exploitation program. Then we showed that the exploitation of 250 bunches used for furniture production generated a global income equalled 2830 or 2877 US $ according to harvester (farmer or collector from town). Of this global income, 375US $ (13.03%) are owned by farmers, 696 (24.59%) by harvesters, 929 (32.39%) or 561 (19.82%) by canes wholesalers, and 1573 (54.67 or 55.58%, according the case) by craftsmen. Nevertheless, many legislative, institutional, and logistic constraints threat presently the stability and expansion of rattan industry. From obtained data, suggestions are made either for forests management and sustainable exploitation strategies and a best organisation of rattan channels.