Women, shea, and finance: how institutional practices in a Malian cooperative create development impact

Sidibé, Amadou; Vellema, Sietze; Dembélé, Fadiala; Témé, Bino; Yossi, Harouna; Traoré, Mamoudou; Kuyper, Thomas W.

doi:10.1080/14735903.2014.909640

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“…In some studies, the constraints were poor institutions to properly manage resources; examples include the lack of a properly functioning oil-palm seed and seedling distribution system (Akpo et al 2014) and the lack of proper land tenure arrangements (Yemadje et al 2014). In other cases, constraints consisted of a lack of incentives, for example in the commercial production systems for small ruminants (Amankwah et al 2014), to produce high-quality oil (Osei-Amponsah et al 2014) or cocoa beans (Quarmine et al 2014) or to invest in managing a value chain (Sidibé et al 2014). Some of the studies highlight the need to negotiate competing claims, for example in the management of water from agro-pastoral dams (Kpéra et al 2014).…”

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Unravelling institutional determinants affecting change in agriculture in West Africa

Struik

Klerkx

Hounkonnou³

2014

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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This paper compares lessons learned from nine studies that explored institutional determinants of innovation towards sustainable intensification of West African agriculture. The studies investigated issues relating to crop, animal, and resources management in Benin, Ghana, and Mali. The constraints addressed were agronomic or economic (e.g. low production, yield, quality, prices) and institutional (e.g. poor access to resources and constraining regulations) and were analysed using an array of research approaches. The studies showed that political ambitions to foster institutional change were often high (restoring the Beninese cotton sector and protecting Ghanaian farmers against fluctuating cocoa prices) and that the institutional change achieved was often remarkable. However, flexibility of institutions, co-evolution of technical and institutional change, and increased transparency are needed to make institutional change successful. The programme Convergence of SciencesStrengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems encouraged interventions where needed and enabled researchers and stakeholders to acquire the change capacities required to identify the need and potential for change and to make change happen. More research is needed to design pathways towards sustainable intensification based on social and technological innovation. Policy-makers should create space for institutional experimentation and empower smallholder farmers in West Africa to create resilient, local food systems to feed burgeoning urban populations.

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Unravelling institutional determinants affecting change in agriculture in West Africa

Struik

Klerkx

Hounkonnou³

2014

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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“…Further research may consider whether or not the collection, consumption and sale of caterpillars also improves self-perceptions of food sovereignty (Weiler et al 2014) and empowerment (Conceição et al 2016). Policymakers should consider how this can be leveraged to further improve food security, perhaps through the funding of cooperatives and developing processing methods that add value, strategies that have been used in the region to improve food security using shea (Sidibé et al 2014).…”

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The contribution of ‘chitoumou’, the edible caterpillar Cirina butyrospermi, to the food security of smallholder farmers in southwestern Burkina Faso

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Edible insects have been advocated as a means to combat food insecurity, which is prevalent in West Africa. In this study we look at the contribution of the shea caterpillar Cirina butyrospermi, colloquially known as 'chitoumou', to the food security of smallholder households in rural southwestern Burkina Faso. We used a mixed methods approach to understand the relationship between caterpillar collection, consumption, and sale by smallholder households, and their seasonal food security status. We found that caterpillars are an important source of food and income for households, significantly increasing the household consumption of animal protein and, with shea nuts, representing the main income source for the majority of women. We also found that food security is higher during caterpillar season, and that household-level food security during this season can be predicted by the amount of caterpillars collected, consumed and sold. However, this relationship holds only during the caterpillar season, suggesting that the positive impact of caterpillars on food security is temporally limited. We conclude that the shea caterpillar is an example of an edible insect that is crucial for seasonal food security in a widespread agricultural system.

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“…The importance of studying tree resources and utilization in the less-favoured northern site illustrates the contrast with, for example, the richer agricultural southwest of Burkina, where utilization of the wide range of available trees is limited to only a few species, and conservation practices have been found to be minimal (Augusseau et al 2006). Also, the potential for collective organisation of womens' activities demonstrated elsewhere is endorsed here (Kent et al 2014;Sidibé et al 2014).…”

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Tree products, food security and livelihoods: a household study of Burkina Faso

Poole¹,

Audia²,

Kaboret

et al. 2016

Envir. Conserv.

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Word count (main text, acknowledgements, references and figure legends): 5983 2 Summary This paper examines the contribution of products derived from baobab (Adansonia digitata), shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) and néré (Parkia biglobosa) to rural livelihoods in Burkina Faso. A survey was conducted in northern and southern regions to identify and understand the social and environmental factors influencing the utilization of tree products by rural households for home consumption and commercialisation, and to explore the contribution of tree products to food security. Emphasis was placed on the roles and responsibilities of women for tree product utilization.Inter-and intra-household relationships governing tree foods were found to vary between regions and tree species, and with gender and household composition.Collection and utilization of tree products differed between north and south because of contrasting ecological contexts and evolving social mores. Household decision making processes were negotiated and consensual in both regions.The results suggest that domestication and dissemination of planting and regeneration technologies, and product processing and marketing initiatives, need a gendered and tree-specific approach in order to build on local norms and capacities.Measures for the conservation and management of tree resources are most important where ecological constraints are most severe but dependence is greatest for sustaining food security.

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Women, shea, and finance: how institutional practices in a Malian cooperative create development impact

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Unravelling institutional determinants affecting change in agriculture in West Africa

Unravelling institutional determinants affecting change in agriculture in West Africa

The contribution of ‘chitoumou’, the edible caterpillar Cirina butyrospermi, to the food security of smallholder farmers in southwestern Burkina Faso

Tree products, food security and livelihoods: a household study of Burkina Faso

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