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Cah. Agric.
Volume 27, Number 3, Mai–Juin 2018
Multifacet realities of work in agriculture. Coordonnateurs : Benoît Dedieu, Julio Cesar Damasceno, Guillermo Neiman, Sandra Schiavi
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Article Number | 35006 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Études originales / Original Studies | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2018024 | |
Published online | 22 June 2018 |
Article de recherche / Research Article
Securing Sahelian pastoralism by using a remunerated workforce for livestock keeping activities: the ambivalence of commodification
La sécurisation des activités pastorales au Sahel à travers le recours à la main-d’œuvre rémunérée : l’ambivalence de la marchandisation
1
CIRAD, UMR SELMET,
34398
Montpellier, France
2
SELMET, Univ Montpellier,
Montpellier, France
3
ILRI, ILRI Campus, Mara House Building,
Po Box 30709,
Nairobi, Kenya
4
ENSAE Dakar, PPZS, Route du Front de Terre,
BP 2057,
Dakar Hann, Senegal
* Corresponding author: awane@cirad.fr
Sahelian pastoralists use mobility, diversification, and even pluriactivity as main adaptation strategies to the asymmetrical distribution of multifaceted resources. Complex relations vis-à-vis this risky environment hide slowing transitions from a traditional inward-looking to an outward-looking economy, which is characterised by increasing use of a remunerated workforce. The growing commodification of the economy of Sahelian pastoralists could generate new forms of uncertainty. The authors of this paper use a principal-agent model to analyse the remunerated workforce and demonstrate the mixed results of this strategy in the context of structural risk in the Sahel. The authors then highlight the conditions under which trust and reputation are developed to stabilise employment relations and better cope with and/or mitigate various shocks.
Résumé
Les pasteurs sahéliens utilisent la mobilité, la diversification, voire la pluriactivité comme principales stratégies d’adaptation face à la distribution asymétrique de ressources multiples. La complexité des interactions avec cet environnement risqué cache des transitions progressives d’une économie centrée sur les ressources familiales vers une économie plus ouverte à travers un recours croissant à de la main-d’œuvre salariée. Cette marchandisation accrue peut générer de nouvelles formes d’incertitudes. Cette contribution utilise un modèle principal-agent pour analyser le recours à de la main-d’œuvre salariée et montrer l’ambivalence de cette stratégie dans le contexte de risques structurels du Sahel. Elle décrit ensuite les modalités de production de confiance et de réputation pour stabiliser les relations salariales et faire face à ces incertitudes.
Key words: pastoralism / risk / remunerated workforce / commodification / Sahel
Mots clés : pastoralisme / risque / main-d’œuvre salariée / marchandisation / Sahel
© A. Wane et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2018
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