Stratégies d’adaptation des élevages bovins sédentaires face à la territorialisation des parcours et aux insuffisances alimentaires au Nord Bénin DOI Creative Commons
Saliou Adedigba, Rodrigue V.C. Diogo, Luc Hippolyte Dossa

et al.

Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 76, P. 1 - 11

Published: Dec. 20, 2023

Face à l’expansion des terres agricoles, aux insuffisances alimentaires et au programme de sédentarisation élevages, les systèmes d’élevage bovins Nord Bénin doivent désormais s’adapter la variabilité spatiale temporelle ressources afin d’assurer sécurité alimentaire leur cheptel diversification revenus. La présente étude vise analyser stratégies d’adaptation élevages dans le contexte actuel d’insuffisances alimentaires. Ainsi, 280 sédentaires appartenant trois zones agroécologiques : Gogounou (Zone Cotonnière Nord), Kalale Vivrière du Sud Borgou) Tchaourou Centre) ont fait l’objet d’étude. Les données collectées concernent facteurs choix pâture, pâturage animaux Une analyse factorielle correspondances multiples (AFCM), suivie d’une classification hiérarchique ascendante, a permis faire une typologie stratégies. Trois été identifiées (i) élevage avec stratégie basée sur l’agropastoralisme (EAP 42,5 %) ; (ii) mixte mobilité courte longue distance division troupeau (EMim 21,1 (iii) en protégées (EMAP 36,4 %). diversité pâturage, localisation éleveurs, bovin, itinéraires transhumance types sont principaux déterminants différents groupes étudiées (p < 0,05). culture fourragère constitue plus viable prometteuse pour assurer l’autonomie alimentaire. L’appropriation éleveurs lesquelles ils pourront obtenir un droit propriété serait grand atout promouvoir cette stratégie.

Over-reliance on water infrastructure can hinder climate resilience in pastoral drylands DOI Creative Commons
Luigi Piemontese, Stefano Terzi, Giuliano Di Baldassarre

et al.

Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(3), P. 267 - 274

Published: Feb. 16, 2024

Abstract Extreme droughts are affecting millions of livestock farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, causing water shortages, famines, migration and fatalities. The construction new small infrastructures (SWIs), such as deep wells boreholes, is increasingly supported by climate resilience programmes non-governmental organizations national governments to improve availability for agro-pastoralists, especially an emergency response extreme droughts. Although the short-term benefits SWI clear, their potential cumulative impact long-term effects on dryland communities remain unclear. Here, building in-depth anthropological literature from five key African drylands, we model post-drought pastoralists’ dynamics related SWI. We show that while developing releases shortages short term, it can erode traditional adaptation practices without adequate governance. further illustrate how our captures early quantitative signals loss Angola. This indicates poorly governed development drylands be a limiting factor pastoral facing range social, demographic, economic challenges.

Language: Английский

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Reducing initial cotton yield penalties in a transition to conservation agriculture through legume cover crop cultivation – evidence from Northern Benin DOI

Pierrot Lionel Yemadje,

Pierre G. Tovihoudji, Hermione Koussihouèdé

et al.

Soil and Tillage Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 245, P. 106319 - 106319

Published: Oct. 4, 2024

Language: Английский

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Connectivity and boundaries revisited: Livestock herders and parks in Central Africa DOI
Matthew D. Turner, Leif Brottem,

Hissein Abakar Zaid

et al.

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 302, P. 110990 - 110990

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Pastoral livestock farming constraints and adaptation strategies in response to institutional reforms in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa DOI Creative Commons
Bernard Ilboudo, Alhassane Zaré,

Innocent Charles Emmanuel Traoré

et al.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

Introduction Livestock farming is one of the main socio-economic activities in West Africa, predominantly extensive and reliant on natural rangelands. In Burkina Faso, pastoral zone creation process began 1980 to sedentarize livestock farmers, reduce social conflict, strengthen production. Therefore, these areas were subjected institutional reforms with direct consequences pastoralism. This study aimed analyze effects land tenure protected area governance production system by identifying concomitantly related constraints adaptation strategies adopted local communities. Methods Data was collected through analysis policy documents, surveys from 280 key informants household heads Yallé using individual interviews focus group discussions. The information included landscape current state system. also taken reforms, governance, alternative developed address constraints. Result discussion changes highlighted are challenge appropriation pastureland other users inducing range shrinkage, inaccessibility water resources, farmer-herders conflicts. response, some farmers drive their herds out country, while others illegally graze areas. They combine socio-professional conversion support livelihoods, atypical transhumance rainy season seek herd feed satisfaction. New forage harvesting techniques, supported training, integration agriculture into opportunities promote agropastoralism, more sustainable. Policymakers should ensure that development actions legally secure common resource use Also, encouraged create community structures for coordinated management conflict resolution. Further, State institutions must supervise investor establishment zones preventing private property rights over land.

Language: Английский

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Minimum tillage reduces variability and economic risks in cotton-maize rotations in Northern Benin DOI Creative Commons
Tobi Moriaque Akplo,

Pierrot Lionel Yemadje,

Lucien Imorou

et al.

Field Crops Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 324, P. 109795 - 109795

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Prospects for pastoralist-farmer conflict in Africa DOI Creative Commons
Mostafa Khorsandi,

Erwann Fillol,

Andrew Smerald

et al.

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Abstract Pastoralism is a major way of life in the Sahelian and Sudanian (SaSu) zone Africa, playing an important social-environmental role through food production use suitable land for seasonal migrations (transhumance). Using Earth Observation (EO) data, we systematically analyze environmental factors—water access, soil properties, topography, vegetation cover, tree road biomass availability— to assess SaSu’s suitability transhumance as well permanent farming systems, provide perspectives on potential conflict zones between herders farmers case conflicting interests. Our study first present comprehensive detailed corridors that account constraints. We show 69% conflicts from 2001–2020 involve or are related tensions pastoralists, while 31% attributed interactions pastoralists. research provides valuable insights into complex relationships pastoralist communities their socio-ecological environment highlights critical EO-based decision support systems mapping understanding pastoralism SaSu region.

Language: Английский

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Structure, Functions and Diversity of Agroecosystems DOI
Pablo Tittonell

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Systems thinking and theory are used in agroecology to support agroecosystems analysis design, through unravelling the structures functions that ultimately explain agroecosystem properties attributes (cf. Chap. 2 ). In analysis, we move from describing understanding infer properties, particularly of biologically-mediated processes. start objectives, identify desired functions, plan necessary structures, including more operational management practices. This way originated systems engineering, it does not always apply as such case for which some fundamental still unknown. Yet, terms allows us categorise describe diversity at different levels, better understand their functions. Agricultural productivity ecosystem services general depend on Agroecosystems have both social ecological dimensions need be considered characterisation structure. Across world, combinations interactions between these economic dimension resulted a wide agroecosystems, differ structure function. Chapter aims contribute concepts, methods examples structure, analysing its main components: household, cropping, livestock farm systems.

Language: Английский

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Evaluation and Indicators in the Design of Agroecosystems DOI
Pablo Tittonell

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Agroecosystem design is not a one-time exercise; it requires constant evaluation and readjustment. This chapter provides non-exhaustive overview of methods indicators used in the (re)design agroecosystems. Indicators are central tool any process. Choosing based on objectives system properties first step agroecosystems evaluation, several features must be considered. Since agroecology "dialogue wisdoms" (cf. Chap. 1 ), wherein knowledge from multiple stakeholders merges redesign agroecosystems, participatory for co-creating knowledge, prototyping, interwoven throughout sections this following two chapters. A special case comprehensive systems design, called co-innovation, introduced here illustrated with examples towards end chapter.

Language: Английский

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Stratégies d’adaptation des élevages bovins sédentaires face à la territorialisation des parcours et aux insuffisances alimentaires au Nord Bénin DOI Creative Commons
Saliou Adedigba, Rodrigue V.C. Diogo, Luc Hippolyte Dossa

et al.

Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 76, P. 1 - 11

Published: Dec. 20, 2023

Face à l’expansion des terres agricoles, aux insuffisances alimentaires et au programme de sédentarisation élevages, les systèmes d’élevage bovins Nord Bénin doivent désormais s’adapter la variabilité spatiale temporelle ressources afin d’assurer sécurité alimentaire leur cheptel diversification revenus. La présente étude vise analyser stratégies d’adaptation élevages dans le contexte actuel d’insuffisances alimentaires. Ainsi, 280 sédentaires appartenant trois zones agroécologiques : Gogounou (Zone Cotonnière Nord), Kalale Vivrière du Sud Borgou) Tchaourou Centre) ont fait l’objet d’étude. Les données collectées concernent facteurs choix pâture, pâturage animaux Une analyse factorielle correspondances multiples (AFCM), suivie d’une classification hiérarchique ascendante, a permis faire une typologie stratégies. Trois été identifiées (i) élevage avec stratégie basée sur l’agropastoralisme (EAP 42,5 %) ; (ii) mixte mobilité courte longue distance division troupeau (EMim 21,1 (iii) en protégées (EMAP 36,4 %). diversité pâturage, localisation éleveurs, bovin, itinéraires transhumance types sont principaux déterminants différents groupes étudiées (p < 0,05). culture fourragère constitue plus viable prometteuse pour assurer l’autonomie alimentaire. L’appropriation éleveurs lesquelles ils pourront obtenir un droit propriété serait grand atout promouvoir cette stratégie.

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