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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1986
    Senegal

    La majorité de la population de Ziguinchor (Sénégal) appartient au groupe diola. Ce sont des 'autochtones' vis-à-vis des gens du nord, en particulier des Wolof, dont la présence paraît liée à l'action de l'État sénégalais et de son administration territoriale. Les pratiques locales sont ainsi dominées par une opposition entre des représentations foncières quasi villageoises des premiers occupants et les conceptions bureaucratiques mises en ouvre par les fonctionnaires de l'État.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1997
    Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mali, Madagascar, Togo, Senegal, Pakistan, Niger, Cameroon, France, Africa

    n all African towns specific modes of transport - mechanized and non- mechanized - have developed which play an essential role in distributing food between different markets and supplying the whole informal trading sector. These modes of transport, which provide an ideal service for the small volumes handled and the weak financial capacity of the wholesalers and retailers, play an essential role in maintaining low-cost inter-urban redistribution. What is known about the “artisanal” sector of urban goods transport?

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1999
    Senegal

    Recent demographic, social, economic and institutional changes have aggravated the food supplies and distribution problems of African cities, all of which will be doubling their current population in less than twenty years. Very few initiatives have been taken to improve the performance of food supply and distribution systems (FSDS) to cities and minimise the cost at which good quality food products reach the urban consumers' tables. For this reason, FAO and the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA) organised in Dakar, Senegal, in April 1997, a sub-regional seminar

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1997
    Guinea, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Africa

    Despite differences in pace and sequencing of adjustment programmes, economic liberalization has had far-reaching effects on the structure and the relative importance of actors involved in the supply and distribution of food in most African cities. Market reforms called for significant changes in the role of public and private sector agencies in food supply and distribution.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Mali, Guatemala, Peru, Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Thailand, Jordan, Philippines, Malaysia, Spain, Madagascar, Tanzania, Ecuador, Senegal

    While modern food distribution systems are evolving in many cities, more traditional and often informal forms of food supply continue to be vitally important in the towns and cities of developing countries and countries in transition. They are important because they can best cater to the specific needs of poor urban households. They also provide employment and income to low income households, and supply food products and services that are tailored to the particular needs of urban consumers.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Angola, Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mali, Burundi, China, Congo, Guinea, Niger, Cameroon, Rwanda, Comoros, Gabon, Argentina, Central African Republic, Senegal, Chad, Togo, Africa

    The issue of supplying food to African towns will remain a major challenge in the coming years in view of the steep urban growth, the small increase in extensive agricultural production and the risks of bottlenecks in the supply and distribution circuits. Yet it is very difficult to summarize this issue for French-speaking Africa. The situations vary widely and are reversible. Information systems are rather unreliable.

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