Return from migration, land game, stakeholder conflicts and development challenge in zoukougbeu in western ivory coast

Author: 
DZAMBLE Bi Zamblé Boris, MLAN Konan Séverin and YAO Kouassi Ernest

This study explores the question of the reintegration of migrants into the land game of their native region, and therefore attempts to highlight the social issues linked to their reintegration. The recent political crisis of 2010 in Ivory Coast has indeed affected migratory flows in some regions of the country. We have therefore seen the massive return of some populations to their regions of origin. The objective of this study is to understand the strategies developed by resident populations and migrants in the latter's quest to integrate the land arena of their families of origin. At the end of the field investigations which mobilized both the investigation, the interview and the observation, in the constituency of Zoukougbeu and Gregbeu (Western Ivory Coast), the study shows that the final or partial return of migrant reflects a repositioning challenge, both for them and for residents. There is real paradox with the returning migrants. Although they are frustrated by land scarcity, their contributions in the social, economic, and political governance are very important. In short, this study is an advocacy for modernizing rural’s agriculture so that the hope of the returning migrants leads to a successful integration, with productive investments.

Paper No: 
3468