期刊名称：Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse
印刷版ISSN：1147-7806
电子版ISSN：1777-5922
出版年度：2009
卷号：20
期号：4
页码：346-353
DOI：10.1684/sec.2009.0204
出版社：John Libbey Eurotext
摘要：Figures See all figures Authors André Jonas Parfait Djenontin , Marcel Houinato , Bernard Toutain , Brice Sinsin Institut national des recherches agricoles du Bénin (Inrab) 01 BP 881 Cotonou Bénin, Faculté des sciences agronomiques/université d’Abomey (UAC/FSA) Département production animale (DPA) BP 526 Cotonou Bénin, Cirad URP Pôle pastoral zones sèches Campus international de Baillarguet TA 30/F 34398 Montpellier Cedex France, Laboratoire d’écologie appliquée (LEA) Faculté des sciences agronomiques (FSA) Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC) 01 BP 526 Cotonou Bénin Key words: rangelands, Benin DOI : 10.1684/sec.2009.0204 Page(s) : 346-53 Published in: 2009 Research and extension services have not taken enough account of the livestock system in proposing promotional actions to Northern Benin. The low production performance of cattle herds has usually been attributed to the low forage value of rangelands. Still, herders have not been advised as to how to better use these rangelands. Although there have been numerous studies on adaptations of farmers to climate change in agriculture, little investigation has been carried out concerning herding in the Sudano-Sahelian zone. Corrective measures to promote herding have consequently remained less diversified in this zone. Throughout the Sudano-Sahelian zone, cattle raising continues to rely entirely on the use of fallows, savannas and other green zones for feeding, as is the case in Northern Benin. In order to adapt to ecological and spatial mutation of Northern Benin pastoral zones, herdsmen have developed practices and herding strategies to manage both their herds and space. These practices and strategies take two dimensions into account: time and space. By changing regional and seasonal movements of herds, breeders can better manage the available natural forage in the different sectors of the pastoral zone. Such solutions must, however, conform to intercommunal relations and, consequently, often result in conflicts between farmers and herdsmen. Setting up a legal structure governing rural land usage including regions of pastoral vocation would make it possible to improve conditions of herding and cattle raising.
