Abstract:
The Mayombe forest, precisely the forest of Mbavu region in the territory of Seke-Banza, is
completely denuded due to slash-and-burn itinerant agriculture. This can lead to serious
consequences such as changes in local climate, erosion of biodiversity, loss of soil fertility,
decreased evapotranspiration resulting in scarcity of rains, runoff and drying up of Sources. The
aim of this work is to make the state of the scene of slash-and-burn itinerant agriculture in the
Mayombe forest, in the Mbavu sector of Seke-Banza territory. Its specific objectives are to
describe the main activities of the population, to get an idea of the practice of clearing and
logging by the population, to know the extent deforested by the population, the procedure
followed by the population before planting, the crops used by the population for planting, the
groups involved in this practice, as well as the quantity and duration of crops harvest by the
population.The methodology of the work consists of randomly investigating, throughout the
Mbavu sector, 60 peasants for 14 days to get information on itinerant slash-and-burn agriculture.
The results show that the majority of farmers in the Mbavu sector practice agriculture and the
rest of the population engages in education and other activities. The entire population clears, fells
and incinerates trees to cultivate. Most farmers clear only one hectare of forest. Agricultural
products grown are rice, maize and others, which range in quantity from 1 to 3 tons and are
usually harvested after six months. The Makaba, Ngimbi and Nsundi groups are the most
affected in the operation |
