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improve forage and water supply for the cattle by adjusting
cattle numbers to the carrying capacity of the grasses.
The paper concentrates on anthropological matters, concluding
that there is a precarious triangular human ecological interaction
with land and cattle. The author states that the very
small margin of safety provides no incentive for change in
customary cattle husbandry and foresees potential conflicts
among administrative servants and Fulanis. Recommends that
the project be reoriented along more modest lines with emphasis
on nutritional needs and the human factor.
121. Ware, Theresa A. Wolof Farmers and Fulani Herders: A Case Study of
Drought Adaptation in the Diourbel Region of Senegal. Ann Arbor,
MI: University of Michigan, 1979, 249 p. (Ph.D. Thesis).
Study of how subsistence farmers and herding populations
in the drought-affected areas adapted to and survived the
drought through innovativE strategies. Two districts in the
Diourbel Region were selected to study adaptation mechanisms,
Ndame and Dahra, both of which suffered severely as a result of
the drought.
F. Irrigated Agriculture
122. Ba, A. Am6nagement Hydro-agricole et Etudes Socio-6conomiques de la
Cuvette de Dagana. Dakar: University of Dakar, Department of
Geography, 1976 Master's Thesis).
Examination of the social organization of production of
SAED's Dagana perineter. Study focuses on the emergence and
function of the producer groups within the cooperatives. Data
are presented on costs of production and yields.
123. Ba, Sekou Oumar. Sociology of the Irriaated Perimeters, Bakel, Senegal.
Dakar: I.D.E.P., 1976, 58 p. Translation by USAID/Dakar).
Study covers approximately 30 villages located in the Bakel
and Matam departments, most of which are the site of simultaneous
rain-fed and flood recession farming. Given that the river's
floods have shaped the life of the communities for centuries, the
author sees the land system as the key to understanding the
population. Because of marked difference in social organization,
the author insists that each group in the area must be approached
differently, stating that strategies to reach the Peul, for
example, would not be effective for the Sarakolle societies. Study
attempts to identify the decision-makers in the villages and the
centers for decisions about the organization of labor. The author
further discusses how the area's cooperatives actually operate.
Study concludes the project will be successful provided it can
connect with or better integrate the traditional management of
labor stating that contradictions between SAED and village levels
will doom it to failure.