Parcs agroforestiers sahéliens: de la conservation à l’aménagement (Agroforestry parks of the Sahel: from conservation to management)

Parcs agroforestiers sahéliens: de la conservation à l’aménagement (Agroforestry parks of the Sahel: from conservation to management)

The authors describe the history of farmer managed wooded parklands in northern Cameroon. They note that a counter-productive ban on cutting from 1950-1990 provided a disinsentive for farmers to care for and plant young trees. Finally, the authors argue for implementation of farmer managed agroforestry parklands where parkland governance is mean to fall on local villages as opposed to local forestry department officers. In doing so, the authors provide suggestions for best practices in managing these wooded parklands for agroforestry.

 

Reference: 

Smektala G, Peltier R, Sibelet N, et al. Parcs agroforestiers sahéliens : de la conservation à l'aménagement. VertigO. 2005. doi:10.4000/vertigo.4410.

Affiliation: 

  • Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts, Montpellier, France
  • Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement, Maroua, Cameroun
  • Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier, France