Summary
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide rely on pastoralism for their livelihoods. It can serve as a source of inspiration to rethink and support other forms of agriculture, agrarian change, and our perception of "nature."
This book revisits current issues (agroecology, shared land access, reproduction of livelihoods, heritage creation, socio-ecological systems, sustainability, territorial governance, animal health, climate change, etc.) through the lens of pastoralism.
It proposes a renewal of our conceptual frameworks in the face of Anthropocene challenges by reconsidering our ways of doing (techniques), our ways of making intelligible (sciences), and ultimately, our ways of governing (politics).
Table of contents
Acknowledgements...........................................................................................................
Preface by Bernard Hubert........................................................................................ 7
Introduction................................................................................................................. 9
Chapter 1: How pastoralism helps rethink agroecology
Magali Jouven, Mélanie Blanchard, Sib Ollo, Fabien Stark, Serena Ferrari, Paulo Salgado, Mathieu Vigne, David Berre, Éric Vall
Introduction...................................................................................... 15
Pastoralism: characteristics of an ubiquitous livestock production system............... 16
Pastoral practices ensuring autonomy, resilience, and inclusion......................... 21
Pastoral dynamics and agroecological transition...................................................... 24
Conclusion................................................................................... 28
Bibliography............................................................................................. 29
Chapter 2: Engaging "off-field": From pastoral land tenure to extensive zebu farming in Madagascar
Perrine Burnod, Oginot Manasoa, Holy Raharinjanahary, Véronique Ancey
Introduction.................................................................................................... 32
Starting point: land tenure issues in pastoral spaces.......................................... 33
A thematic investment based on field data collection.................................. 35
A thematic investment combined with an analytical investment...................... 37
From a thematic investment to a political investment.................................... 42
Conclusion................................................................................................. 47
Bibliography................................................................................... 48
Chapter 3: Pastoralism in its territories: Governance and strategic complementarities
Irène Carpentier, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Jean-Daniel Cesaro
Rethinking pastoral territories through their connections
A territorial approach to pastoralism in Tunisia....................................................... 52
Pastoralism as an object of representation............................................................ 53
A territorial anchoring difficult to grasp: fragmentation and multiplicity of forms.. 56
Pastoralism: a world of territorial fluidity........................................................... 58
Conclusion......................................................................................... 61
Bibliography........................................................................................ 61
Chapter 4: Balkan pastoralisms: Heritagizing the origin in the face of decline?
Claire Bernard-Mongin
Introduction........................................................................................................... 64
Between territorial reconfigurations and the decline of livestock farming.............. 64
Heritagization through geographical indications: promises and tensions.............. 65
Balkan GIs: the emergence of a heritagization infrastructure............................ 66
Pastoral geographical indications: tracking the trail.............................................. 69
Topography of waypoints: negotiated architecture of specifications........................ 73
Mapping the entrepreneurs of Balkan pastoralisms.................................. 73
Compromise and redefinition of pastoralism in a heritagization process.................. 75
Blind spots in the heritagization of pastoralism through GIs......................... 77
Conclusion............................................................................................ 79
Bibliography.............................................................................................. 80
Chapter 5: Health on the move: Health risk management in the pastoral world
Marion Bordier, Andrea Apolloni, Alexis Delabouglise, Raphaël Duboz, Pachka Hammami, Séverine Thys
Introduction..................................................................................................... 82
Animal health and its management in the context of pastoralism
Improving animal health in the context of pastoralism........................................ 89
Conclusion...................................................................................... 96
Bibliography................................................................................................... 96
Chapter 6: Social reproduction of pastoralism as an institutional compromise
Pierre Girard, Sara Mercandalli, Sergio Dario Magnani, Charline Rangé, Véronique Ancey
Introduction................................................................................................. 99
Rural transformations in Sub-Saharan Africa and regulation theory.......................101
Pastoralism and social change in the Sahel through the lens of the activity social relation...................................................................................103
Contextualizing pastoralism within state trajectories...............................................111
Bibliography................................................................................. 112
Chapter 7: African pastoral territories: Systems rich in biocultural diversity
Alexandre Caron, Mohamed Habibou Assouma, Simon Taugourdeau, Saverio Krätli
Pastoral savannas as socio-ecological systems......................................116
The architect of biocultural wealth and ecological functionality of rangelands......118
Global changes disrupting systems based on variability.........................120
Trajectories of SESs: commodification, transformation, and denaturation......123
Opportunities for reorienting SESs.....................................................124
Toward a relational reading of SES "health".....................................................127
Bibliography....................................................................................... 128
Chapter 8: Rethinking the links between sustainability and governance: Pastoralism in the Sahel
Véronique Ancey, Sergio Dario Magnani
Introduction............................................................................................ 132
Functional integrity: rethinking sustainability with governance...............134
Understanding functional integrity and how it can be destroyed...................136
Conclusion...................................................................................... 140
Bibliography...................................................................................... 141
Chapter 9: Pastoralism and climate change: Vulnerability, contribution, and solutions
Vincent Blanfort, Serena Ferrari, Maé Julien, Anouk Bassou, Véronique Alary
Introduction.................................................................................................. 144
Global challenges and methodological approach....................................................145
A narrative-based approach........................................................147
From stakeholder narratives to contemporary issues taken up by the media........148
Pastoralism in the IPCC, climate COPs, and global climate diplomacy....................152
Cross-analysis of pastoral narratives: who influences whom?..............................156
Bibliography.......................................................................................... 159
Conclusion........................................................................................................ 161
Three constitutive dimensions of pastoralism............................161
Transforming our way of seeing the world.....................................................165
Bibliography..................................................................................... 168
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