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Cereal supplies in rural families of the Senegalese Groundnut Basin. Who is responsible for meeting family food needs ?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sakho-Jimbira,   Maam Suwadu; Benoit-Cattin,   Michel.
In the traditional operation of production-consumption groups in rural areas of Senegal, the group chief, or Borom njël, has a social duty to make sure family food needs are met. His ability to do this is supported by certain social rules governing these groups, and by a favourable environment. However, various changes have now adversely affected the environment. These changes prompted us to assess the Borom njel's current ability to go on playing his social rule as a food provider. From data collected in two villages of the Senegalese Groundnut Basin, using multivariate analysis, we identified three production-consumption group profiles according to how the Borom njel ensured main cereal supplies: (i) market purchase with migrants' remittances; (ii) home...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Senegal; Groundnut Basin; Cereal supplies; Consumption-production groups; Multinomial logit; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7934