Bernard Tallet

• Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Si, depuis le début des années 2000, le concept de transition remplace souvent celui de développement durable (Loorbach 2010 ; Falque et al. 2017), c’est qu’il propose un déroulement de méthodes et d’effets attendus qui le rendent plus concret et donc plus susceptible d’être généralisé (Godelier 1990 ; Hopkins 2008). Que la transition soit « imposé...

The transformation of waste collection in the town of Ougadougou has been undertaken as part of a reorganisation of the whole waste disposal industry. Based on the recommendations of the World Bank, a development plan for the management of waste has been put into operation using the model of a public/private partnership. The privatisation of this a...

Revue des Hautes Terres, n° 5

Employment for rural youth: agricultural entrepreneurship and job creation in Southern Burkina Faso Agricultural practices in Southern Burkina Faso, and Ziro province in particular, have undergone significant changes. These changes entail a reorganization of the peasantry into unequal socioeconomic categories and the development of agricultural ent...

Cette troisième partie contient sept articles. 1. Spécificités des systèmes de production agricole et d'élevage à la périphérie des métropoles du Sud. Réflexions à partir de cinq cas (J.-L. Chaléard, DAO THE ANH, A. Huamantinco, M. Koffi-Didia, E. Mesclier, E. Monin, P. Moustier, O. Ninot). 2. Que reste-t-il de l'image classique des ceintures agric...

A diachronic approach based on analyzing data from population censuses of 1975, 1985, 1996 and 2006 sheds light on the spatial dynamics of the population in the South-West of Burkina Faso. The mapping of population densities on these four dates illustrates the population dynamics and the evolution of regional disparities. The change in population g...

Depuis les années 1950, les pasteurs peuls transhument dans l’Ouest du Burkina Faso, entre les zones sahéliennes et les zones soudaniennes. Ils font ainsi face à la variabilité des précipitations et suivent la ressource en eau et en fourrage. Mais depuis les années 1970, un front pionnier agricole s’est ouvert et l’espace s’est trouvé saturé par le...

Résumé : En réponse aux études antérieures d'estimation de potentiels de production des biocarburants issus de la biomasse, cette communication propose une approche rénovée de la compréhension des mécanismes d'introduction d'innovations agricoles – au sens de l'insertion de nouvelles cultures dans un système institué. En posant l'hypothèse de l'exi...

This paper analyses the relationship between urban planning and environmental inequalities, based on analysis of the waste sector in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, which is held to be in the vanguard of reforms in this domain in West Africa. Indeed, since 2005, the Municipality with the support of the World Bank, has implemented a m...

The presentation of breeding systems shows that different practices coexist on the same territories, questioning pastoral mobility. How can the mobility of herds be reconsidered in a context of rapidly increasing croplands and diminishing pastures? Can the traditional vocation of the cotton area as a space for pasture at the time of transhumance be...

Urban planning choices as bearers of social and environmental inequalities : solid waste management in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) This paper analyses the relationship between urban planning and environmental inequalities, based on analysis of the waste sector in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, which is held to be in the vanguard of r...

A diachronic approach based on analyzing data from population censuses of 1975, 1985, 1996 and 2006 sheds light on the spatial dynamics of the population in the South-West of Burkina Faso. The mapping of population densities on these four dates illustrates the population dynamics and the evolution of regional disparities. The change in population g...

The current evolution of the Mexican metropolis requires an approach examining the population redistribution into the urban area, further than a growth rate study. Residential movements are shaping deep socio-spatial changes. The urban transition process is enlightened by population census data. Considered into the metropolitan area limits (ZMVM),...

Land control, pastoral specialization in the South of Veracruz (Mexico). Analysis of a pioneer front maturation process Within the framework of the “march to the sea” policy (the colonization of Mexico’s tropical regions), from the early 1950s extensive areas in the South of the State of Veracruz were integrated in the movement towards agro-pastora...

Within the framework of the "march to the sea" policy (the colonization of Mexico's tropical regions), from the early 1950s extensive areas in the South of the State of Veracruz were integrated in the movement towards agro-pastoral colonization. The article aims to show how in half a century, the economic transformations led by the Mexican State co...

Share cropping, a widespread practice before the revolution, which then was no longer talked about or was even denied during the process of agrarian reform, has been developing again inMexico since the 1950s, in a revised form: cattle leasing. The resulting new social relationship has become characteristic of pioneer fronts of beef cattle breeding...

Share breeding in Mexico. Land colonization and dynamics of an agrarian system in contemporary history Share cropping, a widespread practice before the revolution, which then was no longer talked about or was even denied during the process of agrarian reform, has been developing again in Mexico since the 1950s, in a revised form : cattle leasing. T...

L'Opération pilote de sécurisation foncière - OPSF- démarrée en 2004, permet d'éclairer les intérêts contradictoires de la zone cotonnière de l'Ouest du Burkina Faso, région marquée par une forte attraction migratoire. L'OPSF part du constat d'une situation de crise foncière, illustrée par des conflits nombreux et répétitifs qui sont le résultat de...

Dentro del marco de la política de “marcha al mar” en el trópico mexicano, amplios espacios del sur del estado de Veracruz fueron integrados, a partir de los años cincuenta, a movimientos de colonización agrícola que constituyeron nuevos frentes pioneros. En este contexto, el estudio de las colonias agrícolas y ganaderas formadas en el municipio de...

Success of pineapple production in the Papaloapan Basin (southern Mexico). An agricultural specialization as a basis for regional development ? The Isla region in the south of the Mexican State of Veracruz is the country’s principal area of pineapple production. The way technological and institutional changes and variations affected this industry d...

How to manage a limited space? New land stakes in an agricultural colonization zone in western Burkina Faso. For the past 30 years, western Burkina Faso has shown strong migratory shifts. Observing on a same space, the dynamics linked to the expansion of cotton production and to the motion of agricultural settlement sheds light on new land stakes i...

Abstract - What future is there for transhumance in cotton zones ? Experience gained from PDRI/HKM project in western Burkina Faso. In a participatory action of responsibility transfer to local people, PDRI/HKM project has attempted to impulse a new dynamic to reduce conflicting situations and to induce a large debate on the place of rearing in cot...

From an open Space to a saturated one. Land and Population Dynamics in the Kouka Department, Burkina Faso. In the department of Kouka, the population density increased from 12 to 43,5 inhabitants/km2 between 1952 and 1993. This strong demographic increase is mostly due to a strong migratory flow. A very flexible land system allowing the settlement...

The increasing influence of the Mossi ethnic community in the agricultural colonization of the region to the west of Burkina Faso can clearly be seen when studying the landscape. The dynamic nature of this visible agricultural domination is directly related to the cohesion of Mossi society (role played by tradesmen, extended families and the mortar...

PIP: Recent internal migration trends in Burkina Faso are analyzed. The general trend noted is a migration by the Mossi toward the southwest of the country in search of agricultural land. The growing tensions between migrants and the native population of the region are discussed. The role of the state and of policy in this area is considered.