Outside the Autochthon-Migrant Configuration: Access to Land, Land Conflicts and Inter-ethnic relationships in a former Pioneer area of the former Cote d'Ivoire. p.33 -60.

This paper discusses land issues in a specific Ivorian context; that of a former no man's land located in lower Côte d'Ivoire. In this region, one does not find the autochthon-migrant dichotomy that generally structures the land issue in southern Côte d'Ivoire. This situation thereofre offers an opportunity to document the conditions of access to land ane inter-ethnic relationships in a situation characterised by the lack of autochthonous stakeholders. In this context, land rights and land transfers have been moulded by te interplay between migration flows, the dynamics of the smallholder plantation economy, and the rise of land markets. The picture that results is a patchwork, in terms of ethnic land control, where land rights are quite secure. The crucial land issue arises from the active land lease market, with a large acreafe of land rented out to Burkinabé pineapple producers - again, without major conflicts. This situation is contrasted with the neighbouring Aboué country, where a conflict over renancy practices arose in 2001.