The second approach is more appropriate in our case, as the conditions are selected according
to their potential impact on individual peasants or on peasant societies.
Memo: Nine Areas of Influence of Dynamic Conditions on Peasants
We can distinguish at least nine areas of potential influence (of the dynamic conditions)
on peasant societies and peasant 
household
strategies. Changes that occur in these areas describe modifications and
transformations in peasant strategies and in the characteristics of peasant societies.
- The degree of persuasion of a multi-strategy;
- The priorities of different spheres of actions;
- The level and composition of household production and income;
- Labour potential, producer-consumer ratio, distribution of responsibilities in the household;
- The value attributed to natural resources and access to them;
- The composition of land use system; its complexity, flexibility, persistence;
- The extent and types of mutual assistance within peasant societies;
- Change, transmission and specialisation of knowledge systems;
- The socio-structural and socio-cultural characteristics of peasant societies and their importance for social relations and networks.
These nine areas of influence guide the selection and structuring of dynamic ecological and
non-ecological conditions of actions within peasant societies in rural Africa.
Together, they provide a structural framework that makes it possible to identify the dynamic
factors in the peasant's environment in a problem-oriented way.
However, this selection can only be done in a simplified and generalised manner as peasant
societies are subject to varying degrees of different dynamic conditions.
