Mayotte, île française de l’océan Indien, est engagée dans un processus de transition institutionnelle, économique et sociale majeure pour obtenir le statut de département en 2010. L’alignement sur la métropole s’accompagne de nouvelles opportunités de revenus et d’un accès...

The Malagasy land reform, ongoing since 2005, belongs to the new generation of land reforms. It promotes the legal recognition of existing landholders’ rights (through certification) and the decentralization of land management. Despite the change of paradigm underlying this new wave of...

Various South African policy statements and strategy proposals argue that farmer focused planning and farming systems research approaches are required to develop policies, strategies and project activities to serve farmers efficiently. Then, the question is how to give a practical content to...