Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, livestock sedentarization programmes are still at the top of policy makers’ agendas and at the heart of their discourse, despite huge changes in land cover, land use and territorialities in rural areas. This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of livestock policies tar...

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Autores principales: Gonin, A., Gautier, D.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95025
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description In Burkina Faso, livestock sedentarization programmes are still at the top of policy makers’ agendas and at the heart of their discourse, despite huge changes in land cover, land use and territorialities in rural areas. This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of livestock policies targeting the sedentarization of pastoralism in sub-Saharan Africa by specifically highlighting the territorial consequences of such policies. This paper suggests that policies directed at improving livestock governance in a context of climate change and changes in land cover and land tenure need to focus on securing pastoralists’ reticular territories, which are made up of corridors and numerous areas of pastureland, rather than on creating disconnected state ranches.
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spelling CGSpace950252025-06-17T08:23:57Z Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso Gonin, A. Gautier, D. territoriality pastoralism livestock climate change In Burkina Faso, livestock sedentarization programmes are still at the top of policy makers’ agendas and at the heart of their discourse, despite huge changes in land cover, land use and territorialities in rural areas. This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of livestock policies targeting the sedentarization of pastoralism in sub-Saharan Africa by specifically highlighting the territorial consequences of such policies. This paper suggests that policies directed at improving livestock governance in a context of climate change and changes in land cover and land tenure need to focus on securing pastoralists’ reticular territories, which are made up of corridors and numerous areas of pastureland, rather than on creating disconnected state ranches. 2015-12 2018-07-03T11:02:15Z 2018-07-03T11:02:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95025 en Open Access Springer Gonin, A., Gautier, D.. 2015. Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale : the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso. Pastoralism, 5 : 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-015-0023-z
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Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso
title Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso
title_full Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso
title_short Shift in herders' territorialities from regional to local scale: the political ecology of pastoral herding in western Burkina Faso
title_sort shift in herders territorialities from regional to local scale the political ecology of pastoral herding in western burkina faso
topic territoriality
pastoralism
livestock
climate change
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