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Guillaud Dominique. (1991). L'emprunt technique dans l'agriculture de l'Aribinda, Burkina Faso. In : Dupré Georges. Savoirs paysans et développement. Paris (FRA) ; Paris : ORSTOM ; Karthala, p. 347-361. (Economie et Développement). ISBN 2-86537-314-2.

Titre du document
L'emprunt technique dans l'agriculture de l'Aribinda, Burkina Faso
Année de publication
1991
Type de document
Partie d'ouvrage
Auteurs
Guillaud Dominique
In
Dupré Georges, Savoirs paysans et développement
Source
Paris (FRA) ; Paris : ORSTOM ; Karthala, 1991, p. 347-361 (Economie et Développement). ISBN 2-86537-314-2
The whole population of Aribinda, the Kurumba, remained until the end of the 19th century within the limits of a small area covering about 25 km2. Because of the short supply of land, intensive cultivation of millet was carried out on sandy soils. Later on, thanks to greater security and to the increase in population, the Kurumba managed to settle, outside this original territory, all over the present region of Aribinda. Intensive practices were then progressively given up, and a geographical difference started to appear in the cultivation system. The iler, an implement allowing faster weeding, was adopted in the north of Aribinda although its use progressively impoverished soil fertility, and led to the search for a new solution. Herdsmen imigrating with their cattle in the early 20th century provided it; the iler will be henceforth associated with cattle manuring on the northern sands. South of Aribinda, the hoe is still used today as before. There, however, the thinner sandy soils were washed away after a few years of cultivation. Other imigrants from the beginning of the century, the Mossi, led the Kurumba to another change : adopting mossi cereal seeds, they started to cultivate sorghum on the low clayed lands. These two choices, north and south of the region, correspond in fact to a single strategy : fields indeed have to be scattered over the region because of the great irregularity of rainfall. They may be found on sandy soils (the iler makes this strategy possible), or on different soils with different characteristics (the hoe can be used on any kind of soil). In sowing as many different cereal varieties as possible, raising their own cattle, farmers diversify their production and in so doing diminish the risks of penury. All those changes in agricultural skills have been made possible by the contact with other ethnic groups, with other kinds of production and other techniques. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Milieu rural, sociologie rurale, systèmes agraires, foncier rural [098RURAL1]
Descripteurs
AGRICULTURE ; SYSTEME DE CULTURE ; INNOVATION ; OUTIL AGRICOLE ; HOUE ; SECHERESSE ; FERTILITE DU SOL ; ELEVAGE ; FUMURE ; SORGHO ; CULTIVAR ; STRATIFICATION SOCIALE ; SYSTEME DE REPRESENTATIONS ; EMPRUNT TECHNIQUE ; ILER ; SOL SABLEUX ; RELATIONS INTERETHNIQUES ; DIVERSITE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F A34408]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:34408
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