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Land use conflicts in the Inner Niger Delta of Mali: Does climate change play a role?. Tor A. Benjaminsen Koffi Alinon Halvard Buhaug Jill T. Buseth. Data. Climate data Court case data Detailed qualitative analysis of a case study (farmer-herder conflict).
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Land use conflicts in the Inner Niger Delta of Mali:Does climate change play a role? Tor A. Benjaminsen KoffiAlinon HalvardBuhaug Jill T. Buseth
Data • Climate data • Court case data • Detailed qualitative analysis of a case study (farmer-herder conflict)
Land conflicts and civil disputes in theMoptiCourt of Appeal
Land conflicts and climate variability inMoptiregion since 1992
The case study: a farmer-herder conflict and its causes • Policies and laws favouring agriculture at the expense of pastoralism leading to large-scale expansion of rice fields and loss of key pastoral resources • Decentralisation and democratisation in the 1990s leading to a political vacuum • Corruption • Drought