The lifescape: Production systems and social institutions

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dc.contributor.authorCissé, Salmanaen
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Keith M.en
dc.contributor.authorBrewster, Carlyle C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNiger Deltaen
dc.coverage.spatialMalien
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:23Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractIn chapter 2, Cissé et al. introduce the social and historical context shaping the lifescape of the Inland Delta of the Niger, the core of Mali's 5th Region. Various ethnic groups have coexisted in this area for centuries, generating livelihoods with complementary systems of production. The chapter discusses how recent changes in agricultural and pastoral production systems have unbalanced this symbiosis and increased competition for scarce resources, thereby leading to land tenure confrontations that are not as easily resolved as they were in the past. In addition, decentralization and democratization have complicated the situation in which the modern state and civil society have been superimposed on the modified, but not displaced, customary governance systems. The discussion concludes, with some qualifications, that NGO-driven opportunities for local dialogue and problem solving hold considerable promise for rural Mali.en
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dc.identifier71en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65661en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWallingford, Oxon ; Cambridge, Mass.: CABI Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofMoore, K. ed. Conflict, Social Capital, and Managing Natural Resources : A West African Case Study. Wallingford, Oxon; Cambridge, Mass.: CABI Publishingen
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectNongovernmental organizations (NGOs)en
dc.subjectEthnicity/raceen
dc.subjectConflicten
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectLand tenureen
dc.subjectPastoralismen
dc.subjectDemocratizationen
dc.subjectDecentralizationen
dc.subjectGrazing systemsen
dc.subjectFarming systemsen
dc.subjectNiger deltaen
dc.subjectMalien
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Governanceen
dc.titleThe lifescape: Production systems and social institutionsen
dc.title.alternativeChapter 2en
dc.typeAbstracten
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