| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Sustaining the soil: indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa; Introduction; Soil Erosion in Africa: Myths and Realities; Standard Solutions for Standard Problems: The Conventional Approach to SWC; Putting People First: Participatory Approaches to Soil and Water Conservation; Characteristics of indigenous SWC techniques; Conditions for success; Population densities; Investment and access to capital; Returns to SWC investment; Markets and infrastructure; Security and tenure rights |
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Access to information and technologyBuilding on tradition: supporting indigenous SWC; Indigenous and introduced: complementarity or conflict?; Participatory processes: building on local practices and supporting farmer-to-farmer spread; Conclusion; 2. Making the most of local knowledge: water harvesting in the Red Sea Hills of Northern Sudan; Introduction to the Area and People; Transhumant pastoralism; Hand-dug wells; Beja agriculture; Harnessing the water; Simple Local Technologies which Work; Labour requirements; Social organization; Initiatives to develop water; Conclusion |
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3. Drought and the need to change: the expansion of water harvesting in Central Darfur, SudanIntroduction to the Area and People; Shifting cultivation; Traditional Conservation Methods; How the trus system works; Constructing trus; Water spreading; The advantages of trus cultivation; The disadvantages of trus cultivation; Loss of common property; More involvement in growing cash crops; Reduction of downstream flows; Conclusion; 4. The mastery of water: SWC practices in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco; Introduction to the Area; Patterns of land use |
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Diverse incomes: crops, livestock and migrationTraditional Methods of Soil and Water Conservation; New techniques introduced; Conclusion; 5. Mountains, foothills and plains: investing in SWC in Morocco; Introduction to the Region and its People; Socio-economic trends and rural development; Land tenure; Farming systems; Traditional Conservation Measures in Eastern Morocco; Advantages of traditional SWC techniques; Heavy labour investment; Conclusion; 6. Improved traditional planting pits in the Tahoua Department (Niger): an example of rapid adoption by farmers; Introduction |
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A new approach: low cost and replicable techniquesAn emerging land market; Planting pits bring improved yields; Experimental plot yields; Conclusion; 7. Rehabilitating degraded land: zaï in the Djenné Circle of Mali; Introduction to the Area and the People; Patterns of land use; Animal husbandry; Traditional Soil and Water Conservation Techniques; The traditional zaï; The improved zaï; How the project helped; Advantages and impact; Constraints; Socio-economic considerations; Trends and recent history; Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book gives a thorough comparative analysis of soil and water conservation practices across Africa. It then goes on to compare the benefits of existing indigenous techniques against new, externally derived solutions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Soil conservation -- Africa
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Water conservation -- Africa
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Agricultural conservation -- Africa
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Agricultural conservation
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Soil conservation
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Water conservation
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Bodenschutz
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Gewässerschutz
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Bodemconservering.
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Waterhuishouding.
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Landbouw.
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Africa
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Afrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reij, Chris, 1948-
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Scoones, Ian
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Toulmin, Camilla
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| ISBN |
9781134175864 |
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1134175868 |
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