Scarcity and surfeit : the ecology of Africa's conflicts

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 111 Third, serious competition for political and the concomitant economic power, through democrat ...

112 Scarcity and Surfeit whole group, triggering 'preventative' killing of the perceived aggressors; an interpretation which eac ...

Conflict and Coffe in Burundi 113 conflict between the governing elite and the general population, and, sec- ondly, the violent ...

114 Scarcity and Surfeit thus marginalising moderates among both Hutus and ntsis. Commentators, such as Jan van Eck, evaluate th ...

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 115 protocols on which agreement was not reached are those on peace and secu- rity, including a c ...

llG Scarcity and Surfeit meaningful action on the front of reforming the system of control over resources. The second element wh ...

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 117 process, in particular, weakens the potential for real transformation. As Ali notes, even if ...

Scarcity and Surfeit DRC after the death of President Desire Kabila and the accession of his son, Joseph, the DRC government has ...

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 119 to the country's north-east, which accounts for a total of 16% of the total land area. Soil f ...

120 Scan-ity and Surfeit Land use: Blighted History, Central Control and Natural (Mis)fortunes General Characteristics Land in B ...

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 121 The significance of land use in Burundi has a blighted social history. A sys- tem of social a ...

122 Scarcity and Surfeit The unfortunate nexus between history and land use in Burundi is only part of the complex relationship ...

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 123 king by allocating rights of ownership and access to land. Land allocation is highly skewed i ...

124 Scarcity and Surfeit perceived this as another colonial constraint and hence disliked the crop.91 The Belgian colonial admin ...

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 125 An analysis of the framework regulating land use illustrates the disorder- ly and exclusive c ...

126 Scarcity and Surfeit another. The price per kilogram also varies in the field. The production of cof- fee faces a myriad of ...

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 127 Land ownership patterns show that various social categories exist in Burundi: displaced lando ...

128 Scarcity and Surfeit principally by the government, banks as well as community organisations. Here again, the predominance a ...

Conflict and Coffee in Burundi 129 over-exploitation of the soil has drastically reduced per capita production of food as well a ...

130 Scarcity and Surfeit Table 3: The production of rnaior cash crops per inhabitant Shrinking forest cover and the concomitant ...