Markets systems, towns food supply and East African Mountains' territorial integration. Presented by Silvain Racaud at the "Perth II: Global Change and the World's Mountains" conference in Perth, Scotland in September 2010.

1. MARKETS SYSTEMS, TOWNS FOOD
SUPPLY and EAST AFRICAN
MOUNTAINS’ TERRITORIAL
INTEGRATION
Mount Elgon, (Uganda)
Mount Rungwe, (Tanzania)
S. Racaud (a), A. Cazenave-Piarrot (a), Prof. J-C. Bruneau (b),
(a)UMR Dynamiques rurales, Université de Toulouse2-Le Mirail, Toulouse,
France;
(b)UMR ADES-DYMSET, Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3,
Bordeaux France

2. THEME
URBAN-RURAL INTERACTIONS
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
MOUNTAINS AND THE CITIES
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN
PRODUCTION AREAS AND
CONSUMERS PLACES
WHAT ARE THE MODALITIES OF
EXCHANGES WITHIN THE
MOUNTAIN AREAS AND THEIR
INTERACTIONS WITH DISTANT
MARKETS?

3. PROBLEMATICS and
APPROACH
EAST AFRICAN MOUNTAINS:
INCREASE in: • MOUNTAIN AND TOWN =
-- POPULATION
PARTS OF A SPATIAL CONTINUUM=
-- LAND PRESSURE
-- RATE OF URBANISATION A MEDIUM, A DYNAMIC SUPPORT OF THE
EXCHANGE SYSTEMS
= OPEN MOUNTAINS: INCLUDED
IN EXCHANGE SYSTEMS
INTEGRATING MULTI • URBAN & RURAL= DISCONTINUOUS AND
GEOGRAPHICAL SCALES FLUCTUATING
= SPACES IN TRANSITION:
FROM A « CASH CROPS MODEL »
• HOW CAN THE MARKETS SYSTEM
TO A « FOOD CASH CROPS
MODEL »
PARTICIPATE TO THE TERRITORIAL
= AMPLIFICATION OF
INTEGRATION OF THE MOUNTAIN?
EXCHANGES BETWEEN
-A WIDER RANGE OF ACTORS IN Geography of flows
THE FOODSTUFFS CHAINS
- MORE PLACES (PRODUCTION
ZONES, MARKET PLACES) WITHIN
AND OUTSIDE THE MOUNTAIN

4. CONCEPTS
• TERRITORIAL INTEGRATION: • MARKET SYSTEM:
- SPATIAL CONTINUUM WITHIN OPEN SYSTEM INTERACTING AT DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL
THE MOUNTAIN AND WITH THE SCALES
LOWLANDS - PHYSICAL NETWORK OF MARKETS PLACES
-PLACES : PRODUCTION POOL, - INFRASTRUCTURES OF MARKET PLACES
MARKET PLACES, TOWN - MANAGEMENT
-SEVERAL GEOGRAPHICAL SCALES - REGULATION
- AVAILABILITY OF
INFRASTRUCTURES : ROADS,
MARKETS
- ACCESS TO THE MARKET :
INFRASTRUCTURES,
INFORMATION, RULES
• FOODSTUFFS CHAINS
-TYPE OF PRODUCT
-TYPE OF SUPPLY
- NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACTORS
- ROUTES
- VOLUME
- TRANSACTION, PRICES
= DIFFERENT STAGES = TERRITORIAL ROOTING

5. Poroto Mountains’ market system
DENSIFICATION OF THE MARKETS PLACES NETWORK
WEAK EFFECT OF POLITICAL AND LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
DOUBLE INTERACTION PRODUCTION / MARKET

6. IMPERFECT MARKET: SPECIALISATION OF THE PRODUCTION
-LACK OF REGULATION ZONES AND OF THE MARKET PLACES
- NO STANDARD -RESPONSES TO THE MARKETS
- STRONG VARIABILITY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES
PRICES - ROLE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURES
- INFORMAL CHARACTERISTICS - ROLE OF URBAN INVESTMENT
- UNEQUAL ACCESS TO THE --HIERARCHICAL ORGANISATION
MARKET
SPATIAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC IMBALANCES
? SUSTAINABILITY OF a FOOD CASH CROP MODEL / PHYSICAL &
SOCIAL TENSIONS ?
? SUSTAINABILITY OF MOUNTAINS’ DEVELOPEMENT THROUGH
FOOD CASH CROPS MODEL ?