Labour commodification, differentiation, and marginalization of the peasantry in Sella Limba (Sierra Leone) from 1950 to the present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2978293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Augustin Palliere (0000-0001-5509-6263, Comparative Agriculture and Agricultural Development Research Unit UMR PRODIG 2 rue La Valette 75005 Paris France, corresponding author), Jean‐luc Paul (Département pluridisciplinaire Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAf) Centre Malher, 9, rue Malher 75004 Paris France), Hélène Cochet (0000-0003-1118-7678, Comparative Agriculture and Agricultural Development Research Unit, UMR PRODIG University Paris‐Saclay, AgroParisTech 16 rue Claude Bernard 75005 Paris France), Hubert Cochet (0000-0001-7772-5331) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 787-805 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Agrarian Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-0358 • E-ISSN: 1471-0366 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/joac.12248 |
| OpenAlex | W2784136244 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 19 |
In Sierra Leone, migration to diamond fields and the development of cash crops have contributed to the increasing integration of the peasantry in the national and global economy. Based on the study of a small northern chiefdom, Sella Limba, we describe how the labour commodification have led to the perversion of "traditional" social relations based on anteriority, and to the break-up of large domestic groups into smaller, more precarious ones. At the same time, manual agriculture has been marginalized by massive cheap rice imports and remained very low in capital intensity. In this context, we show how low labour productivity curtails opportunities for long-term social and economic differentiation. Farmers combine "modern" and "traditional" social relations, developing hybrid accumulation strategies that are sometimes close to mere survival
Commodification · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Productivity · Sierra leone · Sociology · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Land Rights and Reforms
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |