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Les défis fonciers dans les espaces ruraux africains

12
October 2018
Alain Antil
Related topics: 
Agriculture
Agricultural land

Dans ce podcast avec Alain Antil, chercheur et responsable du Centre Afrique subsaharienne de l'Ifri, l’auteur expose les défis fonciers dans les espaces ruraux africains. Qu’il s’agisse de terrain à bâtir ou de terre à cultiver, le défi pour de nombreux pays africains est de taille : Comment peuvent-ils sécuriser la propriété privée ?
Le système foncier en Afrique continue à pénaliser lourdement la modernisation de l'agriculture, et pose des questions de justice sociale, de dualité entre normes juridiques modernes et traditionnelles, mais aussi d’investissement auprès des institutions financières – qui redoutent le phénomène de spoliation des terres et l'expropriation sans compensation adéquate. C’est en particulier le cas des espaces ruraux, où la structure de la famille élargie, couplée à des systèmes d'héritage variés et complexe, rend la transmission de terres agricoles encore plus difficile.

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