Pastoral economy facing up to uncertainties. Wage labour in the Ferlo (Senegalese Sahel);L'économie pastorale face aux incertitudes: Le salariat au Ferlo (Sahel sénégalais)

Cahiers Agricultures

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-365

  Wane, Abdrahmane ^a,b   Ancey, Véronique ^a,b   Touré, Ibra ^a,b   Kâ, Samba Ndiobène ^c   Diao Camara, Astou ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b ISRA LNERV   (Senegal)

^c Sen Agro Business Cabinet de Consulting   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Manpower; Pastoralism; Sahel; Structural change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957978428     PISSN: 11667699     EISSN: 17775949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/agr.2010.0427     Document Type: Article

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