Volume 18, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 1309–1317
SOULEY Kabirou1
1 Département de Géographie, Faculté de Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Université de Zinder, Niger
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 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.
This paper deals with land transactions on the border rural area of Dan Barto. Under the influence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Kano, Mai Adua and Daoura), the rural area of Dan Barto knows a great pressure on land. This high demand has led farmers to fragment them and selling them. Through a methodological approach focused primarily on quantitative and qualitative surveys, data were collected to analyze the situation. The results reveal that the land, considered in the past as an inalienable heritage of the family, is today the subject of many speculations. Indeed, Nigerian traders buy expensive small plots to build commercial buildings (shops, gas stations, parking lots, houses) and department stores to save their goods. This contributes to the vulnerability of populations already subject to a scarcity increases, with the consequent emergence in recent years of landless peasants. To reverse this situation the local authorities should raise awareness about the long-term danger of selling land for present and future generations. Then, to sustainably secure the peasant supporters are more than necessary for the garden and income-generating activities. Finally, the state must rethink its policy of border areas by making them more viable.
Author Keywords: Rural Municipality of Dan Barto, Niger, border, transactions, land.
SOULEY Kabirou1
1 Département de Géographie, Faculté de Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Université de Zinder, Niger
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 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
This paper deals with land transactions on the border rural area of Dan Barto. Under the influence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Kano, Mai Adua and Daoura), the rural area of Dan Barto knows a great pressure on land. This high demand has led farmers to fragment them and selling them. Through a methodological approach focused primarily on quantitative and qualitative surveys, data were collected to analyze the situation. The results reveal that the land, considered in the past as an inalienable heritage of the family, is today the subject of many speculations. Indeed, Nigerian traders buy expensive small plots to build commercial buildings (shops, gas stations, parking lots, houses) and department stores to save their goods. This contributes to the vulnerability of populations already subject to a scarcity increases, with the consequent emergence in recent years of landless peasants. To reverse this situation the local authorities should raise awareness about the long-term danger of selling land for present and future generations. Then, to sustainably secure the peasant supporters are more than necessary for the garden and income-generating activities. Finally, the state must rethink its policy of border areas by making them more viable.
Author Keywords: Rural Municipality of Dan Barto, Niger, border, transactions, land.
Abstract: (french)
Cet article traite des transactions foncières dans la commune rurale frontalière de Dan Barto. Sous l’influence de la République Fédérale du Nigeria (Kano, Maï Adoua et Daoura), la commune rurale de Dan Barto connaît une grande pression sur les terres. Cette forte demande a conduit les paysans à les morceler et à les vendre. A travers une approche méthodologique axée essentiellement sur les enquêtes quantitatives et qualitatives, des données ont été collectées pour analyser cette situation. Les résultats révèlent que la terre, considérée par le passé comme patrimoine inaliénable de la famille, est devenue aujourd’hui l’objet de plusieurs spéculations. En effet, les commerçants nigérians achètent très cher des petites parcelles pour construire des édifices commerciaux (boutiques, stations d’essence, parkings, habitations) et des grands magasins pour stocker leurs marchandises. Cette situation contribue à la vulnérabilité des populations soumises déjà à une raréfaction de cette ressource avec pour conséquence l’émergence dans quelques années des paysans sans terre. Pour inverser la tendance les autorités communales doivent sensibiliser la population sur le danger à long terme de la vente de terre pour les générations actuelles et futures. Ensuite, pour sécuriser durablement le paysan des soutiens sont plus que nécessaires pour l’exploitation maraîchère et les activités génératrices de revenus. Enfin, l’Etat doit repenser sa politique en matière des espaces frontaliers en les rendant plus viables.
Author Keywords: Commune Rurale de Dan Barto, Niger, frontalier, transactions, foncier.
How to Cite this Article
SOULEY Kabirou, “Transactions foncières dans la commune rurale frontalière de Dan Barto au Niger,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 1309–1317, December 2016.
