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Title
Insecurity and pastoral development in the Sahel |
Full text
http://edepot.wur.nl/35256 |
Date
1999 |
Author(s)
Bruijn, Mirjam, de; Dijk, J.W.M., van |
Abstract
In this article it is argued that conventional agro-ecological and organizational concepts used in pastoral development are strongly biased towards the formulation and enforcement of norms. This leads development experts to attempts to control pastoralists and their herds. The policies and development interventions based on these assumptions have been largely unsuccessful. As a consequence attention for dryland areas and pastoral development has declined among researchers and development agencies. An important reason for this failure is the fundamental misfit between these normative concepts and the reality of dryland ecosystems and pastoral society. In order to show this, an alternative view on rangeland ecology and pastoral society is presented, supported by a case study of Fulbe pastoral society in dryland Central Mali. The authors argue that approaches to pastoral development must be revised in the direction of the dynamics inherent in the pastoral way of life. |
Subject(s)
Sociologie van Ontwikkeling en Verandering; Sociology of Development and Change; Sociologie van Ontwikkeling en Verandering; Sociology of Development and Change; WASS; WASS; Leerstoelgroep Recht en bestuur; Law and Governance; Recht en Bestuur; Law and Governance |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Article/Letter to editor |
Format
application/pdf |
Source
Development and Change (1999); ISSN: 0012-155X |
Rights
Wageningen University & Research |
Repository
Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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