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The evolution of the ‘wheat trap’: the Nigerian wheat boom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Kevin Kimmage
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Dans les années 1970 des travaux d'irrigation à grande échelle au Nigeria n'ont pas réussi à produire l'équivalent de blé nécessaire à remplacer la quantité importée, ce qui était en grande partie la raison d'être du projet. La détermination Nigerienne à atteindre son autosurfisance en blé s'est poursuivie par la voie des procédés ADP, depuis peu en expansion. Après avoir souligné la conjonction des faits qui ont conduit à la formation du premier ‘piège du blé’ envisagé par Andrae et Beckman (1985), cet article montre par la suite comment le système ADP établi dans l'Etat de Kano a apporté des changements considérables dans les habitudes agricoles et les modèles de production, à l'intérieur même de l'état. Il est argumenté que, à long terme, les conséquences socio-économiques, agronomiques, écologiques et pédologiques des politiques de substituts de blé importé actuellement menées par le gouvernement fédéral, pourraient être désastreuses pour la production alimentaire du Nigeria du Nord.

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Africa , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 471 - 501
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Copyright © International African Institute 1991

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