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Author Tiffen, Mary.

Title More people, less erosion : environmental recovery in Kenya / Mary Tiffen, Michael Mortimore, and Francis Gichuki
Published Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, [1994]
©1994

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 W'PONDS  333.761609676 Tif/Mpl  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Machakos Then and Now. 2. The District and the Study -- Pt. II. Profiles of Change. 3. Rainfall. 4. Population. 5. Land Use and Tenure. 6. Crop and Livestock Production. 7. Soils. 8. Vegetation -- Pt. III. Management and Managers. 9. Akamba Social Institutions. 10. Household Farming and Income Systems. 11. Soil Conservation. 12. Water Conservation. 13. Tree Management. 14. Technological Change -- Pt. IV. What Worked and Why. 15. Interactions and Policies. 16. Population Growth and Environmental Degradation: Revising the Theoretical Framework. 17. Replicability, Sustainability and Policy
Analysis Kenya
Overseas item
Population growth
Soil management
Technological change
Vegetation
Water resources
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [286]-299
Subject Arid regions -- Kenya -- Machakos District -- Management.
Land use, Rural -- Kenya -- Machakos District -- Management.
Soil conservation -- Kenya -- Machakos District.
Water conservation -- Kenya -- Machakos District.
Author Gichuki, Francis.
Mortimore, Michael, 1937-
LC no. 93002192
ISBN 0471941433