Dynamiques foncières, investissements et modèles de production pour l'irrigation en Afrique de l'Ouest: logiques financières contre cohérences sociales ?

Jean-François Bélières (), Jean-Yves Jamin (), Sidy Mohamed Seck (), Jean-Philippe Tonneau (), Amandine Adamczewski () and Pierre-Yves Le-Gal
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Jean-François Bélières: Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Jean-Yves Jamin: UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - AgroParisTech - IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture - IRD [Occitanie] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Sidy Mohamed Seck: Leïdi - Girardel - Laboratoire Leïdi - UGB - Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis Sénégal
Jean-Philippe Tonneau: Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Amandine Adamczewski: UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - AgroParisTech - IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture - IRD [Occitanie] - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Pierre-Yves Le-Gal: Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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Abstract: The Senegal River delta and the Office du Niger in Mali still have land to be developed for irrigated agriculture. Both have attracted private investors since the rise of food prices on global markets in 2008. After supporting family farming in cultivating irrigation schemes, governments nowadays favor the implementation of private companies by allocating them land to be developed. This paper proposes a conceptual framework linking land tenure with dynamics of irrigation development and applies it to both cases, where the State plays contrasted roles in terms of land management. While the Malian State still controls land allocation in the Office du Niger, the Senegalese government has transferred control to local communities. Comparing the two cases shows that land tenure, in relation with credit policies and selected technical options, partly explains the difficulties faced by family agriculture.However, the process of allocating land to private companies in these same areas is too recent to evaluate how it can contribute to the development of irrigation agriculture

Keywords: agrobusiness; family farm; irrigation schemes; land management; West Africa; Afrique occidentale; agriculture familiale; entreprise agricole privée; gestion foncière; périmètre irrigué (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-01
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Published in Cahiers Agricultures, 2013, 22 (1), pp.61-66. ⟨10.1684/agr.2012.0574⟩

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DOI: 10.1684/agr.2012.0574

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