Assessment of the Sale Price of Agropastoral Waste in the Sassandra Agricultural Basin

Abstract

Agricultural waste can be not only a source of wealth for these holders, but also a mine of raw materials for economic operators who would make use of it. It is therefore necessary that the prices of these residues be estimated and regulated, in order to make their pre-collection attractive. The objective of this study is to evaluate the selling price of agro-pastoral waste in the Sassandra agricultural basin. The methodology was based on a survey of planters. The sample size is composed of three hundred and five (305) planters from four localities including 52 in Daloa, 100 in Issia, 70 in Soubré, and 83 in Sassandra. The estimated prices were made per kilogram. The results of the study showed that the planters surveyed, whose age is between 18 and 76 years, are made up of 44.54% men and 55.46% women.95% of them have no monthly income. It also appears that the estimated price of residues from perennial crops varies between 10 and 600 francs for hulls, between 25 and 300 francs for bunches, between 25 and 1000 francs for pods and between 10 and 700 francs for fibers. The average prices are 290 francs, 160 francs, 215 francs and 170 francs respectively for hulls, bunches, pods and fibers. Regarding residues from food crops, their prices vary between 10 and 700 francs, 25 and 500 francs, 20 and 600 francs and 10 and 1000 francs respectively for stalks, straw, ears, stem and stalks. The average price of these is 100 francs for the stalks, 180 francs for the straw, 120 francs for the ears, 245 francs for the bales and 230 francs for the stalks.