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- (en) The banana based cropping systems of the Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu), one of the most densely populated of the continent, are characterized by smallholders farms where the banana crop constitutes an agronomic, food, economic and social pillar for the households. Faced with major issues, as the lack of means of production (labor force, degradation of soil fertility) and the diseases (Banana Xanthomonas Wilt), the farmers must innovate to overcome these constraints. By a systemic and a comprehensive methodology developed and built throughout the research, this thesis analyzes the processes of innovation ongoing in the agricultural systems of the region. The results highlight the diversity, the complexity and the performances of the smallholders farms. Taking into account these elements along the research process made it possible to understand the strategies of the farmers and to exceed the pejorative perceptions (archaism, incompetence) which too often weigh on them, to recognize their capacities. This thesis shows the potential of a bottom-up and systemic approach of the innovation in comparison to the technical solutions supported by many national and international actors. Two projects of research-action, one in microfinance and one in phytopathology, illustrate the usefulness of this approach and the interest of the newly developed methodology. This interdisciplinary thesis contributes to legitimate a more relevant alternative way for the future of the agriculture while questioning the role of the researcher in agricultural research for the development (ARD).
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Van Damme, J. (2013). Analyse systémique des processus d’innovation dans les systèmes agraires de la région des Grands Lacs basés sur la culture de la banane. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/94154