Camel milk at the risk of political economy: from gift economy to market economy

Authors

    B. Faye, C. Corniaux

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.37263

Keywords


Camelids, camel milk, livestock systems, economic value, pastoralism, sedentarization

Abstract

Camel milk was discarded for long time from the market because its only availability in the more remote places of the earth. Such context is probably at the origin of the camel farmers’ conviction that selling camel milk was a “taboo” to which a religious dimension was given eventually. Yet, associated only to the “economy of gift”, such achievement changed drastically within few decennials up to market economy, partly capitalist. The present paper is mobilizing the concepts of gift economy and market economy to understand the current mutations and gives the example of Sultanate of Oman for illustrating what is the significance of the camel milk merchandizing. The case of the Sultanate of Oman is emblematic in the sense that developments there are recent and extremely rapid, in a very specific environmental and socio-political context. While these changes are based on the Omani example, they appear to be largely universal and explain the strong growth expected in the milk trade worldwide, and not just in traditional milk-producing countries.

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  • B. Faye
    bjfaye50@gmail.com
    CIRAD, UMR SELMET, Montpellier, France ; SELMET, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
  • C. Corniaux
    CIRAD, UMR SELMET, Montpellier, France ; SELMET, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France

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Faye, B. and Corniaux, C. (2024) “Camel milk at the risk of political economy: from gift economy to market economy”, Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux. Montpellier, France, 77, pp. 1–7. doi: 10.19182/remvt.37263.

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Livestock farming systems and value chains

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