Typology of farms in the region of Ouargla

Saida CHAOUCH¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.2 , Issue.6 , pp.1-7, Jun-2016

Online published on Jun 29, 2016

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Abstract :
The region of Ouargla "bowl of Oued Mya" characterized for centuries by phoenicicoles farms knows strong socio-economic and cultural mutations that have strongly affected the agricultural sector since several decades. The introduction of new production systems by pioneer fronts resulted in various forms of organization and farm management. In order to understand this diversity and define the characteristics of the farms, we based on a structural typology. Treatment data by MCA under SPSS, thereafter hierarchical ascendant clustering followed by K-means analysis allowed us to determine the number of classes corresponding to the types of agricultural farms. Based on the most discriminating variables, we cleared the characteristics of each farm type. From this study we determined the most discriminating variables including the professional identity of the farmer, the importance of farms, seniority, location, size of the farm and the dominant culture. Clustering indicate five types of farms, namely: ancient irrigated farms, "bours" farms, the improved farms, small new farms and at last the medium and large farms.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Farm, Typology, Structure, Ouargla, Oued Mya

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