In order to gain a better knowledge and understanding and to analyse the conflicts that commonly occur in rural and periurban areas, we have, for the last four years, worked on a research programme on land-use and neighbourhood conflicts. This programme is conducted in partnership between...

This article is a general introduction to the special issue of the ASRDLF symposium held in Martinique in 2011. It attempts to explain the reasons why a strong attention is being paid to migrations while international or long distance migrations are a profound and permanent reality. Wars,...

Bien qu’en net recul, l’agriculture occupe une place singulière à la Martinique. Elle se caractérise par la prédominance de productions végétales (banane, canne-à-sucre), issues de systèmes de production orientés sur l’extérieur. En marge de ces cultures dites conventionnelles,...

Territorial development portrays a set of stakeholders who must be co-ordinated to define a common project. Mobilising two theoretical approaches (the economics of proximity and social capital), we analyse the question of local co-ordination. We show that social ties contain specific resources...

It is generally recognized that the presence of specific resources constitutes one of the ways of territorial development. However, in certain situations, generic resources (easily usable in other productive contexts) can nearly constitute specific resources. This paradox occurs thanks to two...

Agriculture in Martinique still occupies a specific place and role although the activity is declining. The weak contribution of export agriculture (traditional crops : banana and sugar cane) to development, raises concerns about diversification and food security and sketches the broad outlines...