[ Pratique d’embouche ovine et spéculation commerciale de mouton de Tabaski au Niger: Entre rite religieux et l’affairisme pécuniaire ]
Volume 34, Issue 3, November 2021, Pages 474–482
Moussa Mahamadou Sani1, Adamou Karimou Ibrahim2, Mamman Mani3, and Djaouri Nahantchi Yaou4
1 Département de Ressources naturelles et de l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Tahoua, BP: 255 Tahoua, Niger
2 Département de Production Animale et de Technologie d’Aliment, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Tahoua, BP: 255 Tahoua, Niger
3 Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRAN), BP: 429 Niamey, Niger
4 Etudiant, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Tahoua, Niger
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 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.
In order to analyze the fattening practices and commercial speculations of sheep on the occasion of the Muslim holiday (Aïd El Kebir) commonly known as Tabaski, an investigation is carried out three months before the holding of this festival in the course of the year 2020 in the Tahoua region in Niger. The survey is carried out on a sample of 300 sellers / resellers and buyers from the urban commune of Tahoua and the peripheral village of Badaguichiri. The most important and least important option scaling method was used to analyze the weight of preferences of actors in the sheep fattening value chain. Sheep and the commercial activity of Tabaski sheep remain 100% male prerogative for sellers / resellers and 90% for buyers. The study reveals that sheep fattening is an activity subject to very strong commercial speculation as part of the Tabaski rite. The breed, the color of the coat, the overweight and the conformation of the animals are the preferred criteria in marketing and which are unanimous among sellers and resellers as well as buyers. These criteria come into play in the determination, selection and pricing of sheep for Tabaski. Also, out of a total of six genetic types belonging to four inventoried Sahelian sheep breeds, the Oudah breed is the most presented and appreciated in local markets and outlets. The renewed financial margin linked to commercial speculation around the Tabaski sheep is growing with the increase in the size of the animals. This dynamic of sheep prices can be used by producers and importers as a useful commercial database for scheduling sales at times that open the door to commercial speculation.
Author Keywords: Sheep fattening, commercial speculation, sheep, Tabaski, Niger.
Volume 34, Issue 3, November 2021, Pages 474–482
Moussa Mahamadou Sani1, Adamou Karimou Ibrahim2, Mamman Mani3, and Djaouri Nahantchi Yaou4
1 Département de Ressources naturelles et de l’Environnement, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Tahoua, BP: 255 Tahoua, Niger
2 Département de Production Animale et de Technologie d’Aliment, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Tahoua, BP: 255 Tahoua, Niger
3 Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRAN), BP: 429 Niamey, Niger
4 Etudiant, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Tahoua, Niger
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 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
In order to analyze the fattening practices and commercial speculations of sheep on the occasion of the Muslim holiday (Aïd El Kebir) commonly known as Tabaski, an investigation is carried out three months before the holding of this festival in the course of the year 2020 in the Tahoua region in Niger. The survey is carried out on a sample of 300 sellers / resellers and buyers from the urban commune of Tahoua and the peripheral village of Badaguichiri. The most important and least important option scaling method was used to analyze the weight of preferences of actors in the sheep fattening value chain. Sheep and the commercial activity of Tabaski sheep remain 100% male prerogative for sellers / resellers and 90% for buyers. The study reveals that sheep fattening is an activity subject to very strong commercial speculation as part of the Tabaski rite. The breed, the color of the coat, the overweight and the conformation of the animals are the preferred criteria in marketing and which are unanimous among sellers and resellers as well as buyers. These criteria come into play in the determination, selection and pricing of sheep for Tabaski. Also, out of a total of six genetic types belonging to four inventoried Sahelian sheep breeds, the Oudah breed is the most presented and appreciated in local markets and outlets. The renewed financial margin linked to commercial speculation around the Tabaski sheep is growing with the increase in the size of the animals. This dynamic of sheep prices can be used by producers and importers as a useful commercial database for scheduling sales at times that open the door to commercial speculation.
Author Keywords: Sheep fattening, commercial speculation, sheep, Tabaski, Niger.
Abstract: (french)
Dans le but d’analyser les pratiques d’embouche et les spéculations commerciales des moutons à l’occasion de la fête musulmane (Aïd El Kebir) communément appelée Tabaski, une enquête est menée trois mois avant la tenue de cette fête au courant de l’année 2020 dans la région de Tahoua au Niger. L’enquête est réalisée auprès d’un échantillon de 300 vendeurs/revendeurs et acheteurs repartis dans la commune urbaine de Tahoua et le village périphérique de Badaguichiri. La méthode de mise à l’échelle de la plus importante et de la moins importante option a été utilisée pour analyser le poids des préférences des acteurs de la chaine de valeur de l’embouche ovine Il ressort de cette étude que la pratique d’embouche ovine et l’activité commerciale des moutons de Tabaski restent l’apanage des hommes à 100% pour les vendeurs/revendeurs et 90% pour les acheteurs. L’étude révèle que l’embouche ovine est une activité faisant l’objet de spéculations commerciales très fortes dans le cadre du rite de la Tabaski. La race, la couleur de la robe, l’embonpoint et la conformation des animaux sont les critères privilégiés dans la commercialisation et qui font l’unanimité aussi bien, des vendeurs et revendeurs que des acheteurs. Ces critères entrent en jeu dans la détermination, le choix et la fixation des prix des moutons pour la Tabaski. Aussi, sur un total de six types génétiques appartenant à quatre races ovines sahéliennes inventoriées, la race Oudah est la plus présentés et appréciée sur les marchés et les points de vente locaux. Le regain de marge financière lié aux spéculations commerciales autour du mouton de Tabaski croit avec l’augmentation du format des animaux. Cette dynamique du prix des moutons peut être utilisée par les producteurs et les importateurs comme base de données commerciales utiles à la programmation de vente aux moments propices ouvrant la voie à la spéculation commerciale.
Author Keywords: Embouche ovine, Spéculation commerciale, Mouton, Tabaski, Niger.
How to Cite this Article
Moussa Mahamadou Sani, Adamou Karimou Ibrahim, Mamman Mani, and Djaouri Nahantchi Yaou, “Sheep feeding practice and commercial speculation of Tabaski sheep in Niger: Between religious rite and pecuniary business,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 474–482, November 2021.
