The priority for France’s “Grenelle II” environmental legislation is to reduce the consumption of space caused by urbanisation. The best tool for achieving this goal is zoning within a territorial planning framework. Yet zoning also tends to increase property values, due to the scarcity...

Marginalized areas and development: breeding systems and pastoral improvements in the Gard From 1976 to 1985, in order to strengthen agricultural activity, the breeders of the hinterland of the French “department” of Gard (agricultural regions of Causses, Cévennes and Garrigues) have had...

[Water, a blessing and a curse: how to resolve water conflicts in West Africa?] - For many Africans, water is not only the source of life but also a means of purification and a centre of regeneration. Water rituals and cults, such as 'Mami Wata’, lead their followers to liberation of body and...

The debate on the issue of land rights and its impact on investment and agricultural productivity still divides economic experts and agricultural statistics. While some agree that the link is positive, the effects are often difficult to measure, it is sometimes not only due to the difficulty of...

The three principal Russian agrarian institutions are present in Russia beginning from the XVIth century up to now, undergoing transformations but preserving a “hard core”. They are the estate, the peasant farm and the rural community. Transformations of these institutions take place...

L'objet de ce papier est l'étude des déterminants de l'offre de riz des ménages agricoles malgaches à partir des enquêtes des Observatoires Ruraux de 1996. Plusieurs démarches sont envisagées. Tout d'abord, l'étude des déterminants du rendement du riz au niveau des parcelles permet de...

Land use changes generate some conflicts, in particular between agricultural and residential uses in the urbanization context and sprawl phenomena. Coastal zones also produce specific amenities that create conflicts over land-use, increase housing and land values and, associated with and/or...

Après vingt ans d’indépendance, la question foncière se pose avec toujours autant d’acuité au Zimbabwe. Le gouvernement avait lancé la réforme agraire dès 1980, tout en pratiquant plus généralement une politique très favorable aux zones rurales. L’essoufflement rapide du...

French abstract:Les changements climatiques provoqueront des modifications des conditions de la production agricole qui devraient se traduire par des impacts sur les rendements et les coûts de production des agriculteurs québécois. Ainsi, la position concurrentielle du Québec pourrait se...