Family farming in Sub-Saharan Africa No 217, 2006/1 - pagesPages 5 to 7EditorialBy Jean-Bernard VéronPages 21 to 41IntroductionBy Georges Courade, Jean-Claude DevèzePages 43 to 54Population Growth: Opportunity or constraint for agricultural development?By Philippe JouvePages 55 to 75Do nomadic and migratory forms of agriculture have a future?By François JullienPages 77 to 89The resilience of rural communities to the ecological and land crisis in the SahelBy François Fauquet, Alain MorelPages 91 to 105The ambivalence of the market economy in creating food security in rural Sahelo-Sudanian areasBy Pierre JaninPages 107 to 120Assessing whether cotton farming has brought development and stability to North Cameroon.By Jean-Claude DevèzePages 121 to 133The Effect of the Withdrawal of State Involvement on Agricultural Development in Southern MaliBy Marc Dufumier, Sébastien BainvillePages 135 to 157Farmers' organizations and agricultural policiesBy Marie-Rose MercoiretPages 159 to 172Requirements for defining Sub-Saharan agricultural policiesBy Alain FelixPages 173 to 184The role of traditional leaders in the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire: A case study of the south-eastBy Claude-Hélène PerrotPages 185 to 201The return to Ouagadougou of Burkinabè leaving Côte d'lvoireBy Sylvie BredeloupPages 203 to 215Mossi traditional weaving in Burkina Faso: A success storyBy Anne GrosfilleyPages 217 to 229Street children and NGOs: Who shapes the urban space?By Marie Morelle