Abstract:
This study focuses on Ricinodendron heudelotii, widely known in tropical Africa for its almonds.
However, this species is very little taken into account during the establishment of agrosystems by
peasant populations. This article aims to assess the socio-economic importance of this
Euphorbiaceae in the Loh-djiboua region of southern Côte d'Ivoire. To achieve this, we looked
for the distribution of this species in cocoa fields, fallows, new plantations and in young
secondary forests. We also searched through a survey the state of knowledge of the populations
living in the Loh-djiboua region on this species. At the end of the inventories, we encountered
only 15 rods with a diameter of more than one meter in the different agrosystems. No juvenile
individuals were observed. The name most used by the majority of the population is the term
"akpi". The study of the sector gave gross marketing margins of 74.43% in times of scarcity and
18.18% in times of abundance. At the end of this study, we suggest the implementation of
sustainable management methods for this species with a view to making this resource available
to future populations. |
