Public and Private Responses to Food Insecurity: Complementarity in <scp>B</scp>urkina <scp>F</scp>aso

West, Colin Thor

doi:10.1111/cuag.12052

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“…More recently, however, Mossi have intensified their agriculture by investing in a range of soil and water conservation techniques [7,33]. Mossi have progressively integrated animal husbandry into their farming and consider themselves full-fledged agro-pastoralists [34].…”

Section: Regional Descriptionmentioning

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Bottom-Up Perspectives on the Re-Greening of the Sahel: An Evaluation of the Spatial Relationship between Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) and Tree-Cover in Burkina Faso

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Benecky

Karlsson

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The Re-Greening of the West African Sahel has attracted great interdisciplinary interest since it was originally detected in the mid-2000s. Studies have investigated vegetation patterns at regional scales using a time series of coarse resolution remote sensing analyses. Fewer have attempted to explain the processes behind these patterns at local scales. This research investigates bottom-up processes driving Sahelian greening in the northern Central Plateau of Burkina Faso—a region recognized as a greening hot spot. The objective was to understand the relationship between soil and water conservation (SWC) measures and the presence of trees through a comparative case study of three village terroirs, which have been the site of long-term human ecology fieldwork. Research specifically tests the hypothesis that there is a positive relationship between SWC and tree cover. Methods include remote sensing of high-resolution satellite imagery and aerial photos; GIS procedures; and chi-square statistical tests. Results indicate that, across all sites, there is a significant association between SWC and trees (chi-square = 20.144, p ≤ 0.01). Decomposing this by site, however, points out that this is not uniform. Tree cover is strongly associated with SWC investments in only one village—the one with the most tree cover (chi-square = 39.098, p ≤ 0.01). This pilot study concludes that SWC promotes tree cover but this is heavily modified by local contexts.

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Section: Regional Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bottom-Up Perspectives on the Re-Greening of the Sahel: An Evaluation of the Spatial Relationship between Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) and Tree-Cover in Burkina Faso

West

Benecky

Karlsson

et al. 2020

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“…Other less well-publicized projects show how the state can address local needs, such as a state-funded reservoir north of Bambey that takes advantage of rainy-season flooding and provides a watering hole for pastoralists’ herds, at least until the water dries up again. In another example, West (2015: 60–1) describes state–NGO partnerships that have created cereal banks to address Burkina Faso's food insecurity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“… 13 See also Roy (2010: 309–12), who discusses this issue in Mali; and West (2015: 58), who discusses it in Burkina Faso.…”

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Addressing drought through rural religious communities in Senegal

Cochrane¹

2020

Africa

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Severe ecological changes across the Sahel have created a difficult environment for agriculture and rural village economies. Rural communities, while small in scale, are creating new ways to transform their degraded environment. Their small size allows them to develop location-specific strategies to manage and improve water, soil and agriculture. This article focuses on two Sufi communities (daaras) in Senegal that integrate environmental work and spirituality. Religious organizations are influential in Senegal, as is the idea that labour is a part of both personal spirituality and shared religious teachings. As agriculture continues to be disrupted because of climate fluctuations, creating a habitable environment relies on applying region-specific agricultural science, and working through local structures. These conceptions of labour, along with the religious structures that support their work, make environmental projects spiritually significant, and also transformative for agriculture in a challenging environment.

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Reversing degradation of social–ecological systems: explaining the outcomes of interventions in Africa

Jahel,

Lambin

2024

Sustain Sci

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Public and Private Responses to Food Insecurity: Complementarity in Burkina Faso

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

Bottom-Up Perspectives on the Re-Greening of the Sahel: An Evaluation of the Spatial Relationship between Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) and Tree-Cover in Burkina Faso

Bottom-Up Perspectives on the Re-Greening of the Sahel: An Evaluation of the Spatial Relationship between Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) and Tree-Cover in Burkina Faso

Addressing drought through rural religious communities in Senegal

Reversing degradation of social–ecological systems: explaining the outcomes of interventions in Africa

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