Title: Family structure matters
1Family structure matters
Non Cooperative mononuclear families
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2Family structure matters
Non Cooperative mononuclear families
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3Family structure matters
Non Cooperative mononuclear families
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4Major differences between sites
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5Family inheritance
- Customary inheritance system
- Local version of the Muslim inheritance system
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6Family transitions
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7Family transitions (1)
- Family organization evolutions
- Tact The AntiClan tension
For every adult family member who is not the head
or the first heir
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8Family transitions (2)
- Family inheritance evolutions
- Tft The land tenure tension
For the family head
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9Site-specific adaptations
- In different proportions depending on sites
- Race between family change types
- better social environmental performances
- More small livestock "remunerating" vs.
"off-shore" saving account - Higher diversification income distribution
- Through evolutions that depends on sites
- Less-favored site Zermou ? livestock ?
migration - Medium site Fakara ? demographic growth ?
migration - Most-favored site Gabi ? gardening ?
livestock
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10Development incentives
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11Development incentives
- Warrantage inventory credit
If enough for he/she Dependents Wit-1 gt
NWi t-1 ?
Balance of the years
warrantage
If enough for he/she Dependents Fit-1 gt
NFi t-1 ?
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12Development incentives low success
- A low success mainly due to poor savings
- Warrantage
MAXIMUM 10 to 25 Large better-settled
families Higher lineage (3.2 vs. 2.8)
Family head older (48 years-old vs. 43) Big
and growing Families More manpower, more land
Only families with a saving capacity get involved.
Warrantage income saving tool An alternative to
livestock ?
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13Development incentives low success
- A low success mainly due to poor savings
- Inorganic fertilizers
MAXIMUM 8 to 10 2 types families in
transition Small young growing families Large
old but shrinking families
Only families with a manpower limitation a
minimum saving capacity get involved.
An alternative to manpower livestock
Inorganic fertilizers
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14A powerful methodology of integration
- SimSahel An methodologically efficient model
- A modeling field methodology for poorly
data-deserved areas - to integrate the complexity from different
scientific disciplines (social biophysics) - In spite / thanks to its complexity, a robust
meaningful model - Extendable for new developing country issues
- Linked to the epistemological assumptions
- Population vs. resources, territory or activity
- Individual vs. household
- Balance between activities Balance between
finalities
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15Family structures changes
- Importance of both social biophysical factors
- Small causes, large effects
- Site living conditions determine the social
evolutions - Large differentiations occur among villagers
- Among families
- Within families
- A future of individuality?
- Expansion of individually-base activities
- Expansion of small mononuclear families
- Expansion of small crop units gt intensification
or disintegration ? - Decrease of the demographic growth ?
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16MERCI
17Family individually based development
- Inorganic fertilizers only few family
categories - Focus on these families reduce project ambitions
- Or Enlarge the proposal to other groups
(youngsters, women)
- Financial credit that include livestock ?
- For instance, a sheep-based cropping cycle-term
loan - Support local supplementation products
- Multi activity. What about seasonal migration?
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