Caractérisation des périmètres maraîchers institués par les groupements des femmes comme stratégie de résilience en zone post conflit (Casamance, Sénégal (original) (raw)

Sub-Saharan Africa is marked by widespread food insecurity at the beginning of the 21st century, both in rural and city areas. To correct this imbalance, women's groups in the Kataba 1 borough are instituting market garden blocks as a resilience strategy. It is with this in mind that the study carried out in the district of Kataba 1 proposes to make a characterization of the market garden perimeters of the area. It was carried out on the basis of surveys of 140 producers in 73 winery blocks (or 53.3% 2 blocks) belonging to 53 villages. Surveys revealed that 36.62% of produccers are on the 40-to 50-year age group. With areas ranging from 0.01 to 7.5 ha, 19 market garden speculations were noted in the area. In addition, the most commonly used fertilizer is manure in doses of two (2) basins per 10 m 2 board. However, crops are attacked by many enemies who cause significant crop losses each year. To combat these enemies, producers adopt two types of treatments, namely treatments with chemicals and those with natural products, according to the means available.