Verdière, P. C.Bullerdieck, P.Gall, C. F.2016-04-192016-04-1919951-884930-03-4http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65813Metadata only recordAn investigation in the pastoral zone of Niger with 27 sedentary, transhumant and nomadic households in 1992 and 1993 revealed that land productivity of cropping was 8 to 9 times that of animal husbandry but labour productivity was only 0.2. Productivity of mobile systems was up to 20% higher than that of stationary systems. Future land use of the pastoral zone in the Sahel will be increasingly associated crop livestock systems. (CAB Abstracts)text/plainen-USEnvironmental impactsRangelandsEconomic impactsLand use managementPastoralismPastoralismRangelandsEnvironmental impactsEconomic impactsLand useLand managementEcosystem Farm/Enterprise ScaleEvolution of Sahelian Pastoralism in Niger: Economical and Ecological Consequences of SedentarizationAbstract