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The Political Ecology of Peasant-Herder Conflicts in the Northern Ivory Coast

Bassett, Thomas J.·1988·Annals of the Association of American Geographers
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1988.tb00218.x
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Following the great Sahelian drought of the early 1970s, an unprecedented number of Fulani pastoralists immigrated to the Ivory Coast with their cattle. Although welcomed by the Ivorian government for their contribution to national beef production, the Fulani's presence has been bitterly opposed by Senufo peasants in the savanna region over the problem of uncompensated crop damage. I examine the nature of peasant-herder conflicts in northern Ivory Coast from a “political ecology” perspective and argue that it is at the intersection of Ivorian political economy and the human ecology of agricultural systems in the savanna region that one can begin to identify the key processes and decision-making conditions behind the current conflict. Micro- and macro-level processes involving the transfer of resources from Senufo house-holds are considered to be central to the strife. The case study seeks to contribute to the growing literature on peasant-herder interactions in sub-Saharan Africa by viewing peasant-herder conflicts as “responses in context.” The political ecology approach provides a framework for human ecologists interested in examining the interrelationships between local patterns of resource use and the larger political economy. Data collected to analyze the nature of the conflict in the Korhogo region during a seventeen-month period in 1981–82 and 1986 include survey research questionnaires, pastoral and farm management studies, participant observation and interviews with peasants, herders and livestock development officials.

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Authors
Bassett, T. J.
Venue
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1988-09
Volume
78
Issue
3
Pages
453-472
ISSN
  • 0004-5608 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8306
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8306.1988.tb00218.x
OpenAlex
W1999588690
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306
References
1
FWCI
22.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
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