Open AccessOrganization of agricultural production unit seen as a family business in mountainous South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Author(s) -
Cirimwami Kashangabuye Jean-Pierre,
Ramananarivo Sylvain Bernard,
Mutabazi Ngaboyeka Augustin,
Muhigwa Bahananga Jb,
Bisimwa Basengere Espoir,
Romaine Ramananarivo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
moj ecology and environmental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2573-2919
DOI - 10.15406/mojes.2019.04.00167
Subject(s) - agriculture , production (economics) , chiefdom , geography , unit (ring theory) , agricultural economics , scale (ratio) , democracy , agricultural science , business , political science , economics , biology , politics , mathematics , cartography , mathematics education , archaeology , law , macroeconomics
Agricultural extension actors in mountainous South Kivu in eastern DRC have been supporting producer’s increased efforts for decades. The adoption impact is still weak. This study determined and confirms the socio-economic factors for widespread adoption of the bean, cassava, maize and potato intensification technologies in this portion of the country. The qualitative and quantitative data from 360 file Managed were Households in Burhinyi Kabare Kaziba, Luhwinja, and Walungu Chiefdoms. The results of the discriminant factor analysis show that There are factors common to the wide-scale adoption of the use of improved varieties, the use of organic fertilization method, the use of the fertilizer, the fertilization method with GIFS, the use of the tractor thesis oven for crops in mountainous South Kivu.