Santoir Christian. (1994). Décadence et résitance du pastoralisme : les Peuls de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal. In :
L'archipel peul. Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, (133-135), P. 231-263. ISSN 0008-0055.
Titre du document
Décadence et résitance du pastoralisme : les Peuls de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal
Année de publication
1994
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Santoir Christian
In
L'archipel peul
Source
Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, 1994,
(133-135), P. 231-263 ISSN 0008-0055
Since the 1972 drought, herders have moved from the Senegal river valley toward southern farming areas with better weather. In the river valley (outside the delta), changes have occured in dry season pastoral migrations. Yearly transhumance toward the valley has been replaced with wide-ranging nomadism, sometimes lasting several consecutive years. Successive climatic crises have forced pastoral systems to adjust to smaller herd sizes, failed crops and the environment's lasting deterioration. Some Fulani herders have settled on the river valley's edge and, thanks to irrigation, are growing crops more or less sucessfully. But most Fulani survive by leading a traditional, pastoral way of life, even though they are more often involved in nonagricultural activities. Changes in agriculture in the valley may not radically change pastoralism nor put an end to it; for the latter is still quite active. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Environnement, écologie générale [021ENVECO]
;
Socio-économie de l'élevage [098ELEVA]
Descripteurs
ELEVAGE ; ECONOMIE PASTORALE ; AGROPASTORALISME ; SECHERESSE ; ENVIRONNEMENT ; DEGRADATION ; IRRIGATION ; CHEPTEL ; REPARTITION GEOGRAPHIQUE ; CHANGEMENT SOCIAL ; SEDENTARISATION ; ACTIVITE NON AGRICOLE ; RESISTANCE AU CHANGEMENT ; PLURIACTIVITE ; STRATEGIE PAYSANNE ; PETIT ELEVAGE
