Herding territories in Northern Cameroon and Western Burkina Faso: spatial arrangements and herd management

Autor: Aboubakar Njoya, Mohamadoun Amadou Diallo, Patrick Dugué, Eric Vall, Jean Lossouarn, Aimé Landry Dongmo
Přispěvatelé: Systèmes d'élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (UMR SELMET), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire (UMR Innovation), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires (SADAPT), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire (Innovation), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre national d'études agronomiques des régions chaudes (CNEARC)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences
0106 biological sciences
decentralization
01 natural sciences
Environmental protection
Groupe éthnique
Herding
Socioeconomics
2. Zero hunger
Utilisation des terres
geography.geographical_feature_category
Pâturages
western burkina faso
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
010601 ecology
Geography
Organisation socioéconomique
northern cameroon
Livestock
Conduite des herbages
Relocation
Applied ecology
Pastoralism
pastoral law
E50 - Sociologie rurale
Pastoralisme
L02 - Alimentation animale
Sustainable development
Transhumance
business.industry
fulani pastoralist
territory
livestock
sudano sahelian africa
nothern cameroon
L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales
15. Life on land
Residential area
Système agropastoral
040103 agronomy & agriculture
0401 agriculture
forestry
and fisheries
Animal Science and Zoology
business
Cropping
Zdroj: Pastoralism-Research, Policy and Practice
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2), 1-21. (2012)
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, Springer, 2012, 2, pp.1-21. ⟨10.1186/2041-7136-2-26⟩
ISSN: 2041-7136
DOI: 10.1186/2041-7136-2-26
Popis: In Sudano-Sahelian Africa, Fulani pastoralists who settled down massively in less densely populated zones during the 1970s and 1980s have recently increased the mobility of their herds in response to an extension of cropping areas, a shortage of pasture and problems resulting from crop damage by cattle. Today, they annually exploit a set of areas located both near to and far from their dwellings that constitutes their 'herding territory'. This article aims to clarify how Fulani pastoralists conceive, organize and manage their herding territory and to discuss the future of pastoralism within the local and regional legal framework. The study was carried out in northern Cameroon and western Burkina Faso over three years following a participatory research approach. The results show that the herding territory is mainly composed of three sub-elements endowed with different access rights: the 'attachment territory' and 'peripheral territory', with rangelands that are exploited by 'house herds' on a daily basis, and the 'territories distant from the residential area' that serve for transhumance and the relocation of a second group of herds known as the 'bush herd'. These territories and herds are managed by mobilizing local knowledge and juggling a combination of factors, including the availability of plant biomass on different pastoral units, access rights and agreements with local stakeholders regarding resources, the date the rains arrive and the progress of sowing and harvesting in the fields. If pastoral systems are to be maintained in a sustainable manner in this region, any change to existing spatial arrangements must take into account the knowledge, expectations and needs of pastoralists on one hand and the evolving legal and institutional framework in western Africa on the other.
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