Filière cotton, emergence des organisations de producteurs et transformations territoriales au Mali et au Burkina Faso

Bonnassieux, Alain

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“…Access to inputs (fertilisers) is low in West Africa (Tittonell and Giller ). Input marketing is left to the private sector without subsidies by the state and the cost is therefore too high for crop farmers (Ministry of Agriculture ), except for cotton growers who can buy mineral fertiliser from organisations or agencies such as Faso Coton (Bonnassieux ; Robert ). Moreover, liberalisation has led to the proliferation of fraudulent practices, such as fraudulent introduction of prohibited inputs like Aldrin, a poisonous substance once used as an insecticide (Ministry of Agriculture ; Savadogo et al .…”

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Assessing and understanding the environmental changes in the Doubegue watershed (Burkina Faso) by combining temporal study of land use changes and stakeholders' knowledge

Robert

2016

Geographical Journal

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Since the 1980s, the Bagre region (Burkina Faso) has witnessed significant environmental changes mainly due to anthropogenic causes (arrival of new population groups, demographic increase, reservoir creation, exacerbation of conflict linked to land ownership, and land and agrarian reform), and secondarily to climatic perturbations. For a comprehensive understanding of these environmental changes, and their causes and impacts in the Doubegue watershed, it is necessary to combine different analytical tools. An original methodology, which combines remote sensing and field survey, is proposed. A temporal study of land use change was conducted to identify areas at risk and ongoing processes. At the same time, a survey was carried out to study the local population's knowledge concerning changes to the resources of vegetation, water and soil. The analysis of a time series of satellite images reveals environmental changes mainly in the central area of the watershed, since the 1990s in particular, with an increase in cropped and bare soils. The survey also highlights reduction in vegetation cover, a decrease in soil quality and changes in the river system. In addition, stakeholders link the degradation of vegetation cover to changes in the river system. Finally, to reduce degradation of resources (vegetation, water and soil), actions are being developed and/or sought by the population and by organisations in the region. KEY WORDS: Burkina Faso, environmental changes, anthropogenic causes, temporal study of land use, stakeholder surveys, solutionsThe information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).Notes 1 These soils have a high permeability and an unfavourable water regime. They are characterised by temporary waterlogging during the rainy season and a very rapid drying from the beginning of the dry season, providing conditions unfavourable for development of the vegetation cover (Nebie 2005). 2 The aerial photographs are from two IGB missions in January 1985 (seven images with a resolution of 1/50 000) and in October 1994 (37 images with a resolution of 1/20 000). 3 This method is used to group the pixels that belong to the same object class but with a different radiometry value. 4 The questionnaires used are presented in Robert (2011a). 5 The population is too dense and the fallow period too short for the soil to regenerate. Yields therefore decline and soils are depleted (Fontes and Guinko 1995).

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Assessing and understanding the environmental changes in the Doubegue watershed (Burkina Faso) by combining temporal study of land use changes and stakeholders' knowledge

Robert

2016

Geographical Journal

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“…According to Ton [56], the expansion of cotton production in West Africa has been driven by households equipped with animal traction, and those with manual tools have been unable to participate effectively in this livelihood activity. Other studies in Burkina Faso determine that cotton cultivation is a driver of deforestation [14,15,57,58]. Here, the resultant pesticide contamination is additionally considered.…”

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Poverty and Environmental Degradation in Southern Burkina Faso: An Assessment Based on Participatory Methods

Etongo

Djenontin²,

Kanninen

2016

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Abstract:The poverty and environmental degradation vicious circle hypothesis considers the poor as agents and victims of environmentally degrading activities. Despite some studies, however, there still has not been a sufficient empirical examination of the poverty-environment nexus. Based on participatory poverty assessment (PPA) methods with two hundred farm households categorized by wealth status in southern Burkina Faso, six indicators of environmental degradation and a set of land management practices were examined to answer the following questions: (i) Which households (non-poor, fairly-poor, or poorest) are responsible for environmental degradation? (ii) Does poverty constrain adoption of land management practices considered to improve the land? Results indicate deforestation is highest for non-poor farmers, and non-poor and fairly-poor farmers have higher rates of overgrazing. In addition, the entire non-poor group, mainly recent migrants to the area, occupy borrowed lands with tenure perceived as insecure, considered by farmers to be a disincentive for assisted natural regeneration of vegetation. Thus, non-poor and fairly-poor farmers participate most in activities locally identified as environmentally degrading, and the former contribute more than the latter. On the other hand, adoption of land management practices considered to improve the land is relatively low amongst the poorest farmers.

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“…The cotton growth stimulus plan developed by the government in the mid-1990s focused on increasing cotton production through agricultural input supply systems for farmers, clearance credit and pricebased incentive mechanisms supported by rebates (MED 2004;Ouédraogo et al 2010). Despite the progress in terms of production, cotton growing has been based on an expansion of cultivated areas rather than higher yields (Bonnassieux 2002;Sawadogo 2006;MEF 2011a;UNDP 2010;Kaminski et al 2011). The expansion of commercial agriculture, including cotton, has been one of the leading factors in the decrease in forest areas ).…”

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The Context of REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso: Drivers, agents and institutions

Kambire¹,

Djenontin²,

Kabore³

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Filière cotton, emergence des organisations de producteurs et transformations territoriales au Mali et au Burkina Faso

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Assessing and understanding the environmental changes in the Doubegue watershed (Burkina Faso) by combining temporal study of land use changes and stakeholders' knowledge

Assessing and understanding the environmental changes in the Doubegue watershed (Burkina Faso) by combining temporal study of land use changes and stakeholders' knowledge

Poverty and Environmental Degradation in Southern Burkina Faso: An Assessment Based on Participatory Methods

The Context of REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso: Drivers, agents and institutions

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