%0 Journal Article
%T Le dibi-madibi : un mode de faire-valoir original dans le sud-ouest du Togo The dibi-madibi: an original mode of tenure in Southwestern Togo
%A Padab£¿ Kadouza
%J Belgeo : Revue Belge de G¨¦ographie
%D 2012
%I National Committee of Geography of Belgium, Soci¨¦t¨¦ Royale Belge de G¨¦ographie
%X Le dibi-madibi est un mode de faire-valoir indirect qui permit aux populations de s¡¯approprier rapidement l¡¯espace dans le sud-ouest du Togo au d¨¦but de l¡¯introduction de la culture des plantations de caf¨¦iers et de cacaoyers. Ce mode de faire valoir profita aux exploitants venus pour la plupart du nord du pays. Ceux-ci acquirent le droit de propri¨¦t¨¦ sur la moiti¨¦ des parcelles mises en valeur. Ce droit transmissible ne peut ¨ºtre compar¨¦ au plan juridique aux contrats traditionnels connus au Togo. Il ne se confond ni avec le fermage ni avec le m¨¦tayage classiques. Cette pratique fonci¨¨re agraire originale cr¨¦e aujourd¡¯hui un certain nombre de probl¨¨mes entre les anciens propri¨¦taires terriens et les exploitants. Les premiers acceptent mal l¡¯acquisition en pleine propri¨¦t¨¦ de la moiti¨¦ du terrain mis en valeur par les seconds et sont tent¨¦s de remettre en cause cette acquisition, ce qui provoque des conflits entre eux. The dibi-madibi is a mode of tenure that allowed quick indirect ownership of farm space by the population in the south-west of Togo at the beginning of the development of coffee and cocoa plantations. This mode of tenure profited farmers who were mostly from the north of the country. They acquired the ownership right to half of the plot of land that was actually developed. That transmissible right cannot be compared, at the legal level, to the traditional contracts known in Togo. That right should not be confused with either the classical rent or sharecropping. Today, this original agrarian land ownership practice creates a number of problems between the former landowners and the exploiters. The former resent the acquisitionin full ownership of half of the developed land by the latter and are tempted to challenge that acquisition, which causes conflict between them.
%K southwestern Togo
%K indirect farmland ownership
%K ownership right
%K exploiters landowners
%K plantation economy
%K full ownership
%K dibi-madibi
%K ouest du Togo
%K faire valoir indirect
%K droit de propri¨¦t¨¦
%K exploitants
%K propri¨¦taires fonciers
%K ¨¦conomie de plantation
%K pleine propri¨¦t¨¦
%K dibi-madibi
%U http://belgeo.revues.org/6510