Which framework to analyse contemporary african agricultural holdings?

Pierre-Marie Bosc () and Jean-Michel Sourisseau ()
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Pierre-Marie Bosc: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Rome, Italie]
Jean-Michel Sourisseau: UMR ART-Dev - Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: In this paper, we propose to set a framework to analyse family farming with a specific focus on examples drawn from African situations. After some initial observations regarding African agriculture we then highlight a few points that justify the use of the sustainable livelihood framework to represent family farming. These reflexions are based on a Working Paper followed by a collective book that explore these conceptual and methodological dimensions. Two situations are presented to briefly illustrate the use of the framework: Mali and Madagascar. We conclude by some limits and suggestions to overcome them.

Keywords: Mali; Madagascar; exploitation agricole familiale; agriculture familiale; niveau de vie; développement durable; Sustainable Rural Livelihoods; Agricultural transformation; Diversity; Family farm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in The Natural Resource Economics Review, 2019, n.spéc., pp.75-86

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