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Garden cultivation, conservation and household strategies in Zimbabwe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Morag Bell  and
Patricia Hotchkiss
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Résumé

En faisant référence à l'usage du dambo dans les zones communautaires du Zimbabwe, cet article considère comment, en conditions de précipitations incertaines, les communautes et menages gerent leurs terres et leurs ressources d'eau afin de garder un équilibre entre exploitation des ressources et préservation. Des variations regionales dans les types de culture de jardin sont établies et apparentées aux différents niveaux de ressources, aux variations d'interpretation et d'application des législations du gouvernement et aux contrastes historiques d'engagement dans la production des produits de base. Il est aussi démontré que les stratégies domestiques à l'interieur des limites régionales ne sont pas fixes et rigides mais peuvent se modifier suivant les changements de composition du ménage et des ressources disponibles.

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Africa , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 202 - 221
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Copyright © International African Institute 1991

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