Author: Gretchen WalshPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 25
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Access to Resources of Information on Agricultural Development in the Sahel
Author: Gretchen WalshAccess 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 sources
Author: Gretchen DihoffContinuing the Commitment
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Opportunity for Self-reliance
Author: 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.
Survival in the Sahel
Author: International Service for National Agricultural ResearchPublisher:
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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
Agroenvironmental transformation in the Sahel: Another kind of "Green Revolution"
Author: Chris Reij, Gray Tappan, Melinda SmalePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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The Sahel Development Program, Progress and Constraints
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Agricultural assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Natural Resources Development in the Sahel
Author: Lee H. MacDonaldPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description