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L'enfant masa et la riziculture irriguée dans la plaine di Logone: (extrême Nord-Cameroun)
Journal des africanistes • 72 (1) • Published In 2002 • Pages: 183-187
By: Wakponou, Anselme.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the introduction of rice cultivation—both as a cash crop and for domestic consumption—to replace the traditional millet. It was administered by SEMRY (Société d'Expérimentation et de Modernisation de la Riziculture de Yagoua) and involved the construction of an extensive irrigation system.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Economic planning and development
- Cereal agriculture
- Household
- Childhood activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Masa
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1954-1999
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yagoua, Mayo-Danay department, Far North region, Cameroon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anselme Wakponou
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79646074
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masa (African people)