Dynamique des nouvelles technologies rizicoles en agriculture de subsistance: Cas de la riziculture bete in zone forestiere de C&#244te d'Ivoire

Abstract

AJOL Abstract: A retrospective analysis was undertaken on the introduction and spread models of new improved rain fed rice varieties in Côte d'Ivoire. Several constraints stand on the way to the adoption of these farmingtechnologies. The approach is illustrated through experiments undertaken for nearly 30 years in Gagnoa and Saïoua areas, located in the forest zone in Centre-West Côte d'Ivoire. Several raisons can explain the pooradoption rate by the population of new rice varieties: first at the macroeconomic level, we notice that government officials have adopted a deliberate low purchase price policy for the local rice product, relyingon importations to satisfy the rice demand at national level. Moreover, there is a lack of coordination between research, development organizations and NGOs in both the introduction and the diffusion processes of new rice varieties. Women, who are at the forefront of rice cultivation have been, for long, neglected. Moreover, there a lack of adequacy between some selection criteria of new rice varieties and the needs of producers, which led to a failure to adjust new rice varieties to the traditional context of production. Finally, despite the favourable agro ecological environment to rice production, this foodstuff constitutes unfortunately a constraint that stands in the way to the achievement of national food security policy. The authors, learning from the pastexperiences, give some recommendations, which should allow for a better introduction and a large diffusion of new rice varieties, such as NERICA (New Rice for Africa).Une analyse ré;trospective des modèles d'introduction et de diffusion des varié;té;s amé;lioré;es de riz pluvial en Côte d'Ivoire a é;té; effectué;e. Plusieurs contraintes, qui empêchent l'adoption de ces nouvellestechnologies ont é;té; identifié;es. La dé;marche est illustré;e par les expé;riences mené;es depuis environs 30 ans, en zone forestière au Centre-Ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire. Plusieurs raisons expliquent ce faible taux d'adoption : D'une part, au plan macro-é;conomique, l'option d'une politique de soutien à la consommation a amené; les pouvoirs publics à compter sur les importations pour satisfaire la demande nationale. D'autrepart, aux plans institutionnel et organisationnel, on assiste à un manque de coordination entre la recherche, le dé;veloppement et les ONG dans le processus d'introduction et de diffusion des nouvelles varié;té;s. Lesvrais interlocuteurs en riziculture, que sont les fem...