Securing Sahelian pastoral activities through the use of remunerated labor: ambivalence of monetization

Wane Abdrahmane, Touré Ibra, Njiru Nelly, Mballo Aliou Diouf. 2016. Securing Sahelian pastoral activities through the use of remunerated labor: ambivalence of monetization. In : Complex realities and transformations in work in a diversity of farming models. Parana : s.n., 1-10. International Symposium on Work in Agriculture, Parana, Brésil, 8 Novembre 2016/11 Novembre 2016.

Résumé : Sahelian pastoralists are usually portrayed as people living under uncertainty: they lack contingent markets and use mobility and diversification/ multiple activity as adaptation strategies. Their complex relationships vis-à-vis this uncertain environment hide the transition from a traditional inward looking to an outward looking economy characterized by increasing recourse to remunerated labor. However, this growing monetization of their economy is not neutral and could generate new forms of uncertainty. A Principle-agent model helps to analyze the remunerated labor as an ambivalent strategy to structural uncertainties in the Senegalese Sahel. Then, the paper highlights the conditions of production of trust and reputation in employee-employer relationships developed by pastoralists to better face up to these uncertainties.

Mots-clés libres : Pastoralism, Sahel, Uncertainty, Wage-labor, Monetization

Classification Agris : L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales
U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques
E12 - Travail et emploi

Auteurs et affiliations

• Wane Abdrahmane, CIRAD-ES-UMR SELMET (KEN) ORCID: 0000-0001-5081-3788
• Touré Ibra, CIRAD-ES-UMR SELMET (BFA) ORCID: 0000-0002-7046-2986
• Njiru Nelly
• Mballo Aliou Diouf, ENSAE (SEN)

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