Tallet B. auteur aut IRD text bookSection fre text/pdf reformatted digital access The increasing influence of the Mossi ethnic community in the agricultural colonization of the region to the west of Burkina Faso can clearly be seen when studying the landscape. The dynamic nature of this visible agricultural domination is directly related to the cohesion of Mossi society (role played by tradesmen, extended families and the mortar of Islam). The analysis of regional economic changes (the success of corn and cotton production) and tension surrounding the control of land ownership and tenancy is best appreciated through an understanding of the social structure of the Mossi ethnic community. (Résumé d'auteur) specialized COLONISATION AGRICOLE MIGRATION DEFRICHEMENT EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE DYNAMISME ECONOMIQUE GROUPE ETHNIQUE STRUCTURE SOCIALE CONTROLE SOCIAL FACTEUR SOCIOECONOMIQUE CONFLIT FONCIER BURKINA FASO 108MIGRA 098RURAL1 Guillaud Dominique ed. edt IRD Seysset M. ed. edt IRD Walter Annie ed. edt IRD 269-273 Paris (FRA) ORSTOM Paris PRODIG 1998 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010017329 2-7099-1424-7;2-2901560-35-0 [F A010017293] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010017329 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers4/010017329.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1999-03-01 2007-08-08 fdi:010017329 fre