L’agriculture au Sahara du sud-ouest algérien : entre développement agricole moderne et permanences de l’agriculture oasienne traditionnelle

Hadeid, Mohamed; Bellal, Sid Ahmed; Ghodbani, Tarik; Dari, Ouassini

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“…Furthermore, the yearly quantity of applied manure doubled, with some HH even purchasing additional manure from villages on the Sayq Plateau in 2018. While a rising focus on cash crops and an intensifying use of inputs are phenomena also reported from oases in the Adrar region of Algeria [ 31 ], the continuation of traditional pruning and organic manuring practices point to farmers holding on to local knowledge: without continued manure application, soil fertility of the irragic anthrosols would rapidly decline [ 1 ].…”

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“…Yet, it was in any case far higher than the minimum wages -for agricultural labour- in the workers’ home countries, namely Bangladesh, northern India, and Pakistan [ https://www.minimum-wage.org/international/ Bangladesh;…/india; …/pakistan]. Increased recurrence to migrant labour is also reported from intensifying oasis systems in Algeria, whereby workers in the Adrar region mainly migrate within the country [ 31 ]. Replacing resident agricultural family labour by employed foreign workers may entail a loss of traditional knowledge and management skills, and can challenge system sustainability [ 2 , 52 , 58 ].…”

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“…./pakistan]. Increased recurrence to migrant labour is also reported from intensifying oasis systems in Algeria, whereby workers in the Adrar region mainly migrate within the country [31]. Replacing resident agricultural family labour by employed foreign workers may entail a loss of traditional knowledge and management skills, and can challenge system sustainability [2,52,58].…”

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“…Under similar conditions, such pressures either lead to an intensification and specialisation of agricultural systems or to their abandonment [ 13 ]. The latter typically occurs where off-farm income-earning opportunities are available for the young generation [ 6 , 31 ]. Yet, unlike many rural regions threatened by abandonment [ 11 ], Oman’s oasis settlements have benefitted, over the past forty years, from improvement of road transport, telecommunication, healthcare and education infrastructure, and general amendment of living conditions [ 32 ].…”

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Showcasing the multifaceted aspects of agricultural transformation: The example of mountain oases in Oman

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In the Anthropocene the consequences of land-use transformation on ecosystem services are of growing concern, particularly in fragile areas of mountain agriculture that often represent high nature-value farmland. This study uses a decadal repeated survey approach to analyse the effects of modernisation on oasis systems in the Jabal Al Akhdar region of northern Oman. This rugged mountain region at the north-eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula experiences a growing influx of regional and international tourists since the opening of a modern highway 15 years ago. In 2007, at the onset of transformation processes, a survey was conducted with all households (HH) located in three major settlements along the 1000-m-altitude gradient of the Wadi Muaydin watershed. The survey was repeated in 2018, including all remaining HH of the three settlements. This longitudinal approach allowed studying the consequences of social-ecological transformation processes on crop and livestock husbandry, agricultural labour use, product marketing, and perception of the region’s future by its local residents. Though the village inhabitants are aging and declining in numbers, they still adhere to agriculture, largely because of tradition and identity. Fallowing and abandoning farmland increased over the investigated time span but was paralleled by increased application of agrochemicals and animal manure on fields, purchase of roughage and concentrate feeds for small ruminants, concentration on cash crop and meat production for sale, and increased employment of migrant workers. These indicators of modernisation of oasis agriculture are accompanied by predominantly pessimistic views on future prospects of oasis farming. Commonly perceived problems are shortage of irrigation water and profound societal change. Against these challenges, value chain generation and direct marketing opportunities for local agricultural produce are seen as prerequisites to keep the high nature-value farmland of these mountain oases alive.

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“…Trois articles dans ce numéro thématique contribuent à ce débat « tradition-modernité ». Hadeid et al (2018) suggèrent qu'en Algérie de nouvelles dynamiques agricoles sont perceptibles dans l'agriculture saharienne, qu'elle soit traditionnelle ou moderne : « la période actuelle est ainsi caractérisée non par une concurrence de l'agriculture moderne envers l'agriculture oasienne mais vers le développement d'une autre vision fondée sur le profit à caractère libéral ». Les différentes formes d'agriculture montreraient donc « une forme d'adaptation au contexte politique et économique du pays ».…”

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Les oasis en Afrique du Nord : dynamiques territoriales et durabilité des systèmes de production agricole

Bouaziz¹,

Hammani²,

Kuper³

2018

Cah. Agric.

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Résumé -Les oasis sahariennes ont connu des changements particulièrement profonds et déstabilisants dans la seconde moitié du 20 e siècle, s'accompagnant de transformations sociales, économiques, agricoles et environnementales. Aux oasis phoenicicoles étagées classiques, viennent s'adjoindre de nouvelles extensions ou projets agricoles à travers des initiatives étatiques ou locales. Dans un contexte où les formes d'agriculture les plus modernes et les plus traditionnelles sont juxtaposées, il est pertinent d'analyser à la fois les ruptures et les continuités entre ces différentes formes d'agriculture saharienne. C'est précisément dans le but de contribuer à améliorer et partager les connaissances sur les dynamiques agricoles et territoriales en cours dans les oasis en Afrique du Nord, que nous avons organisé un symposium international à Zagora, oasis de peuplement millénaire. Le présent numéro thématique prolonge cette discussion sur ces dynamiques au sein des anciennes et nouvelles oasis et leurs interrelations avec les modes d'élevage et les activités non agricoles. Les différentes contributions au numéro thématique montrent les risques induits par les changements rapides. Elles dévoilent aussi des oasis bien vivantes, dont la durabilité passe sans doute par la cohabitation d'initiatives diversifiées.Mots clés : oasis / Maghreb / eau souterraine / agriculture / palmier dattier Abstract -Oases in North Africa: territorial dynamics and sustainability of farming systems. The Saharan oases experienced particularly profound and destabilizing changes in the second half of the 20th century, accompanied by social, economic, agricultural and environmental transformations. New extensions and agricultural projects have been implemented through a multitude of state or local initiatives. In a context where the most modern and traditional forms of agriculture are juxtaposed, it is important to analyze not only the ruptures, but also the continuities between these different forms of Saharan agriculture. It is precisely with the aim of improving and sharing knowledge on the agricultural and territorial dynamics underway in the oases in North Africa, that we organized an international symposium in Zagora, a millennial settlement oasis. This thematic issue continues the discussion of these dynamics within the old and new oases and their interrelations with farming and non-agricultural activities. The various contributions to the thematic issue show the risks of rapid change. They also reveal living oases, whose sustainability will undoubtedly depend on the coexistence of diversified initiatives.

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Saharan Agriculture in the Algerian Oasis: Limited Adaptation to Environmental, Social and Economic Changes

Hadeid

Ghodbani

Dari

et al. 2021

Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa

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L’agriculture au Sahara du sud-ouest algérien : entre développement agricole moderne et permanences de l’agriculture oasienne traditionnelle

Cited by 14 publications

References 13 publications

Showcasing the multifaceted aspects of agricultural transformation: The example of mountain oases in Oman

Showcasing the multifaceted aspects of agricultural transformation: The example of mountain oases in Oman

Les oasis en Afrique du Nord : dynamiques territoriales et durabilité des systèmes de production agricole

Saharan Agriculture in the Algerian Oasis: Limited Adaptation to Environmental, Social and Economic Changes

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