Herders' territorialities and social differentiation in Western Burkina Faso

Gonin Alexis, Gautier Denis. 2016. Herders' territorialities and social differentiation in Western Burkina Faso. Nomadic Peoples, 1 : 62-87.

https://doi.org/10.3197/np.2016.200105

Article de revue ; Article de recherche ; Article de revue à comité de lecture

Version publiée - Anglais
Accès réservé aux personnels Cirad
Utilisation soumise à autorisation de l'auteur ou du Cirad.
Gonin et al 2016 - Herders' territorialities and social differentiation in Western Burkina Faso.pdf
Télécharger (970kB) | Demander une copie

Résumé : Some authors have linked the question of inequalities among pastoralists to rights of access to pastureland, but their analyses of pastoralists' rights of access generally focused on the privatisation of pastureland. We reveal that a wider range of power relations between farmers and herders, local and national institutions affects pastoralists' rights of access to pastureland. We demonstrate that socio-economic inequalities among the Fulbe people are linked to the unequal capacity of pastoralists to manage territorialisation processes to their own advantage. Reciprocally, the entrenchment of the territories that results from these processes reifies inequalities between pastoralists.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : pastoralisme, utilisation des terres, accès à la terre, sociologie rurale, environnement socioéconomique

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Burkina Faso

Mots-clés complémentaires : Développement territorial

Mots-clés libres : Burkina Faso, FulBe, Territorialities, Pastoralism, Social inequality

Classification Agris : L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales
E50 - Sociologie rurale

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2014-2018) - Agriculture écologiquement intensive

Auteurs et affiliations