[ Analyse des déterminants des conflits fonciers dans le département de Lakota (Sud-Ouest Ivoirien) ]
Volume 67, Issue 2, July 2023, Pages 268–282
Gbodje Jean-François Aristide1 and Godi Jonas2
1 Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo Gon COULIBALY, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département d’Anthropologie, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Land is a natural support for agricultural, cultural and social production, which is essential for people living in rural areas. Access to this resource therefore becomes an imperative for survival. In the department of Lakota, for the past two decades, land has been the object of much covetousness, thereby attracting a large migratory flow oriented mainly towards the acquisition of cultivable plots. Thus, in rural areas, competition for access to land and its control intensifies and generates land conflicts in the social body. This study addresses one of the themes that preoccupies, at the national level, the Ivorian state authorities at the highest level: the preservation of land conflicts. The central concern is as follows: how can we preserve land conflicts in rural areas in a context where land remains an essential support for agricultural production so coveted by farmers ? The response to this problem required a methodology based on bibliographic research and field research with farmers, customary and administrative authorities. This approach aims in particular to analyze the determinants of the advent of land conflicts in the department of Lakota and their impact on social cohesion in rural areas. The results show that land conflicts in Lakota result, on the one hand, from the pressure of farmers (indigenous and migrant) on land resources in search of cultivable land, and on the other hand, from the different modes of land transfer and poor agricultural practices associated with it.
Author Keywords: Agriculture, land conflicts, rural area, department of Lakota, south-wester ivorian.
Volume 67, Issue 2, July 2023, Pages 268–282
Gbodje Jean-François Aristide1 and Godi Jonas2
1 Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo Gon COULIBALY, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département d’Anthropologie, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Land is a natural support for agricultural, cultural and social production, which is essential for people living in rural areas. Access to this resource therefore becomes an imperative for survival. In the department of Lakota, for the past two decades, land has been the object of much covetousness, thereby attracting a large migratory flow oriented mainly towards the acquisition of cultivable plots. Thus, in rural areas, competition for access to land and its control intensifies and generates land conflicts in the social body. This study addresses one of the themes that preoccupies, at the national level, the Ivorian state authorities at the highest level: the preservation of land conflicts. The central concern is as follows: how can we preserve land conflicts in rural areas in a context where land remains an essential support for agricultural production so coveted by farmers ? The response to this problem required a methodology based on bibliographic research and field research with farmers, customary and administrative authorities. This approach aims in particular to analyze the determinants of the advent of land conflicts in the department of Lakota and their impact on social cohesion in rural areas. The results show that land conflicts in Lakota result, on the one hand, from the pressure of farmers (indigenous and migrant) on land resources in search of cultivable land, and on the other hand, from the different modes of land transfer and poor agricultural practices associated with it.
Author Keywords: Agriculture, land conflicts, rural area, department of Lakota, south-wester ivorian.
Abstract: (french)
La terre constitue un support naturel de production agricole, culturelle et sociale indispensable pour les populations vivant en milieu rural. L’accès à cette ressource devient de ce fait un impératif de survie. Dans le département de Lakota, depuis ces deux dernières décennies, la terres est l’objet de nombreuses convoitises, attirant de ce fait un important flux migratoire orienté essentiellement vers l’acquisition des parcelles cultivables. Ainsi, dans les zones rurales, la compétition pour l’accès à la terre et son contrôle s’intensifie et engendre des conflits fonciers dans le corps social. Cette étude aborde une des thématiques qui préoccupe, à l’échelle nationale, les autorités étatiques ivoiriennes au plus haut niveau: la préservation des conflits fonciers. La préoccupation centrale est la suivante: comment peut-on préserver les conflits fonciers en milieu rural dans un contexte où la terre demeure un support de production agricole indispensable tant convoité par les paysans ? La réponse à cette problématique a nécessité une méthodologie axée sur la recherche bibliographique et l’enquête de terrain auprès des agriculteurs, des autorités coutumières et administratives. Cette démarche vise particulièrement à analyser les déterminants de l’avènement des conflits fonciers dans le département de Lakota et leur impact sur la cohésion sociale en milieu rural. Les résultats montrent que les conflits fonciers à Lakota résultent d’une part, de la pression des agriculteurs (autochtones et migrants) sur les ressources foncières en quête des terres cultivables, et d’autre part, des différents modes de cession de la terre et des mauvaises pratiques agricoles qui y sont liées.
Author Keywords: Agriculture, conflits fonciers, milieu rural, département de Lakota, sud-ouest ivoirien.
How to Cite this Article
Gbodje Jean-François Aristide and Godi Jonas, “Analysis of the determinants of land conflicts in the department of Lakota (South-West Ivorian),” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 268–282, July 2023.
