Motivation

Le paysan haïtien et sa famille est un livre pionnier de l’auto-ethnologie du Tiers monde. On y découvre une réflexion sur les problèmes du développement rural élaborée en Haïti dès 1948, alors même que les notions de Tiers monde et de développement ne s’étaient pas encore complètement dégagées.

In farming households in Haiti, women's critical role in maize production is underresearched yet vital to the growth of the sector. This article explores factors that may increase women's bargaining power in negotiated decisions about production practices and income use in male-headed households. We find that women's participation in market activities is positively associated with greater input on decisions related to maize production.

Development agencies face challenges in fostering agricultural development in an increasingly globalized food and agricultural economy. Farmer organizations have assumed new roles in many regions in response to the growth of global food supply chains that offer new opportunities to farmers, but also affect local and national food security and constrain farmers' choices in production decisions.

Marie Vieux-Chauvet n’aura eu de cesse de dénoncer les injustices ou les malédictions qui ont frappé Haïti. Après avoir stigmatisé le colonialisme (La Danse sur le volcan), le régime dictatorial de Duvalier (Amour, Colère et Folie) et les inégalités sociales (Fille d’Haïti), elle s’attaque ici à une plaie qui a défigurée Haïti.

Pour bien comprendre les forces populaires dans l’État louverturien d’Haïti, il demeure primordial d’analyser les circonstances historiques qui ont permis son édification. Une analyse aussi détaillée permet de comprendre davantage l’indépendance d’Haïti ainsi que la lutte pour la préservation de l’émancipation générale. (Résumé par Mouka)

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This study examines the trajectory of rural women’s labor in the wake of post-earthquake land appropriations in Haiti. Drawing on ethnographic field research conducted between 2010 and 2013, it explores gendered access to land in Haiti in both historical and contemporary contexts, paying attention to the nature of rural gender relations and how they influence women’s access to land and their roles in petty commerce. The study describes the stratification of rural market women, their lived experience, and how losing land access will affect their traditional roles as market women.

In Haiti, two primary pathways to land ownership are through the purchase of land and through inheritance. In terms of inheritance, intestate law treats daughters and sons equally with respect to real property. Despite the formal law, we find that women are relatively less tenure secure on their inherited land than men. In contrast, men and women share similar perceptions of tenure security on purchased land. These differences become manifest in conservation investment activities: tree planting, fallowing, and terracing.