Author: Gretchen DihoffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Access to sources
Author: Gretchen DihoffAccess to Sources of Information on Agricultural Development in the Sahel
Author: Gretchen WalshPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Conference paper comprising a guide to information sources on agricultural development in the Sahel - covers information services, publications and data bases, etc. Bibliography pp. 22 to 25. Conference held in boston 1976 November 3 to 6.
Access to Resources of Information on Agricultural Development in the Sahel
Author: Gretchen WalshContinuing the Commitment
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Food Production And Rural Development In The Sahel
Author: R. James BingenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429716729
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
In Mali and throughout the Sahel, governments increasingly rely on parastatal organizations to overcome the problems of lagging food production and rural poverty. This book examines the political and economic consequences of the efforts of one organization, Operation Riz-Segou in Mali, to increase smallholder food and cash crop production. Drawing extensively on fieldwork in Mali, the author finds that significant investments in irrigation facilities, financed by foreign aid, have not reduced the smallholder's vulnerability to the risks posed by weather and uncertain flood levels of the Niger River. The extension system discourages smallholder investment for long-term agricultural development because of its preoccupation with supervision and administrative control. Moreover, the Operation engages in many popular rural development activities—literacy programs, farmer training, women's artisanal centers—that give the facade of grassroots participation but in reality do not provide villagers a critically needed voice in local program administration. Comparing Operation Riz-Segou to similar parastatal agricultural development programs in the Sahel, Dr. Bingen discusses why only those policies deliberately designed and carefully implemented to share power with the majority of the people can lay the political and economic foundation required to overcome rural poverty and resolve the food crisis in the Sahel.
Opportunity for Self-reliance
Author: Survival in the Sahel
Author: International Service for National Agricultural ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Practical examples and data show how past development strategies have contributed to the deteriorating socio-economic and environmental conditions of the Sahel zone of Africa. It also shares some of the success stories, recommending new development approaches and presenting some alternative ways to deal with the present Sahelian situation
Guide to Sources for Agricultural and Biological Research
Author: J. Richard BlanchardPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520328736
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
Food Security and Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Weldeghaber KidanePublisher: Fao
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
"This publication contains the main report of a study championing the case for increased public support to agricultural and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It advances four main reasons why agriculture in SSA deserves more public support. The first is a moral imperative: SSA governments cannot and should not ignore a sector on which about 70 percent of their population directly depend for their livelihoods if they are serious about their commitment to MDG1. Second, in spite of its generally poor performance, SSA countries do not have any realistic strategic option that they can rely upon for achieving sustainable economic development other than agriculture. Third, there is evidence from a number of SSA countries that appropriate policies and direct public sector investment have combined to trigger agriculture sector-led economic growth. This publication argues for countries to build on their success stories and for others to explore such opportunities, taking into account their specific environmental, economic and social conditions. Fourth, on average, agriculture in SSA has generally performed better than most other sectors, except in countries endowed with mineral resources."--Publisher's description.
Continuing the Commitment
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Category : Agricultural assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description