Family Structure and Farm Organization in the Cotton Zone of Kita (Mali)

Adama Ouayiribe Traore; Breima Traore

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Family Structure and Farm Organization in the Cotton Zone of Kita (Mali)

Adama Ouayiribe Traore, Breima Traore

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 5, Issue 6)

Received: 26 October 2020 Accepted: 5 November 2020 Published: 11 November 2020

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This paper characterizes the structure of the family and family farms in the cotton zone of West Mali (Circle of Kita) using primary data from the survey of the Interuniversity Target Project (PIC) of the Mande Bukari University of Bamako (UMB), the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and the University Foundation Notre Dame de Paix de Namur (FUNDP). The study covered 211 households, with a study population of 3010 people in 18 villages surveyed, and the average family size was 11 people. The analysis of family structure shows that there are three types of families, namely the extended family, the mixed family and the nuclear family. This typology is strongly related to the organization of the farm. The results show that famsily breakups in the Kita area are moderate because most members of the concession live together in the same spatial unit under the authority of a main head of household. In addition, there are two types of family farms, collective and individual farms. The majority of collective plots (86.43%) were inherited upon the death of the father or former head of the family. Land loan transactions are part of a traditional solidarity logic and not a land rental market as we know it in developed countries. The practice of individual farms is a growing phenomenon in the area, which have been granted by the head of the family to 96.89% of the members living in the concession, thus demonstrating the local character of the land loan market.

Published in	International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 5, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijae.20200506.14
Page(s)	251-263
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Family Structure, Farming, Kita Circle

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Adama Ouayiribe Traore, Breima Traore. (2020). Family Structure and Farm Organization in the Cotton Zone of Kita (Mali). International Journal of Agricultural Economics, 5(6), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijae.20200506.14

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Adama Ouayiribe Traore; Breima Traore. Family Structure and Farm Organization in the Cotton Zone of Kita (Mali). Int. J. Agric. Econ. 2020, 5(6), 251-263. doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20200506.14

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Adama Ouayiribe Traore, Breima Traore. Family Structure and Farm Organization in the Cotton Zone of Kita (Mali). Int J Agric Econ. 2020;5(6):251-263. doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20200506.14

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Adama Ouayiribe Traore

Department of General Economy, University of Social Sciences and Management, Bamako, Mali
Breima Traore

Department of General Economy, University of Social Sciences and Management, Bamako, Mali

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