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Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Soil and Water Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Soil and Water Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Chris ReijPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
An analysis of past experience outlining a strategy for future national polices and external support for cncservation programs.
Soil and Water Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Soil and Water Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Soil and Water Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Looking After Our Land
Author: Will CritchleyPublisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 0855981709
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
This book is about the main lessons to be learnt from new approaches to soil and water conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents six case studies, two each from Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mali, where soil and water conservation, based on the participation of the local people, has resulted in some success.
Rethinking Natural Resource Degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Country overviews
Author: Tom SlaymakerPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The Contribution of Soil and Water Conservation to Sustainable Livelihoods in Semi-arid Areas of Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Cathryn TurtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780850034547
Category : Agricultural engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
The Economics of Soil Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251045220
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
This study examines the current and potential role of economics in soil productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. After examining the status of soil productivity and the contribution of conventional economic analyses, it considers more innovative approaches that enable economics to play a greater role in the planning and evaluation of soil productivity, enhancing measures at farm, national and global level. In the past economics has tended to focus on one factor at a time but many factors affect soil productivity. Decisions, policies and their impact call for a more integrative, participatory analytical approaches capable of weighing various aspects simultaneously. This study highlights how economics can respond to this challenge through the a[application of fresh concepts (e.g. natural capital) and specific techniques (e.g. multi-criteria analysis, green accounting).
Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: William CritchleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136273050
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate technologies to address this problem through managing and increasing the quantity of water on farmers’ fields – water harvesting. This book defines water harvesting as a set of approaches which occupy an intermediate position along the water-management spectrum extending from in situ moisture conservation to irrigated agriculture. They generally comprise small-scale systems that induce, collect, store and make use of local surface runoff for agriculture. The authors review development experience and set out the state of the art of water harvesting for crop production and other benefits in Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes an assessment of water harvesting schemes that were initiated two or three decades ago when interest was stimulated by the droughts of the 1970s and 1980s. These provide lessons to promote sustainable development of dryland agriculture in the face of changing environmental conditions. Case studies from eight countries across Sub-Saharan Africa provide the evidence base. Each follows a similar format and is based on assessments conducted in collaboration with in-country partners, with a focus on attempts to promote adoption of water harvesting, both horizontally (spread) and vertically (institutionalization). Introductory cross-cutting chapters as well as an analytical conclusion are also included.