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Author Moore, K. M

Title Conflict, Social Capital and Managing Natural Resources : a West African Case Study
Published Wallingford : CAB International, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (278 pages)
Contents Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Conflict and Agropastoral Development in the Sahel; 2 The Lifescape: Production Systems and Social Institutions; 3 Landscape and Soil Characterization of Madiama Commune; 4 Investigation into the Movements of Cattle, Sheep and Goat Herds through the Commune of Madiama*; 5 Land Use Changes in Madiama Commune; 6 Participatory Landscape/Lifescape Appraisal; 7 Building Social Infrastructure for Sustainable Development; 8 Conflict Management Training; 9 Holistic Management Applied to SANREM Research and Development in Madiama
10 Farmers' Knowledge and Perceptions of Soil Fertility11 Biophysical Assessment of Alternative Soil Fertility Technologies Through Modelling; 12 An Economic Evaluation of Alternative Soil Management Technologies; 13 Economic Linkages Among Occupational Groups in the Madiama Commune; 14 Dry Season Feed Supplements: the Potential Role of Cassia tora; 15 Controlled Grazing: Botanical Response and Animal Performance; 16 Social Capital and Impr
Summary This book is the product of a research programme into sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. It focuses on the transition from agricultural and pastoral systems of arid and semi-arid regions of West Africa to more intensified agricultural and animal husbandry systems. Both technological options and decision tools are analysed, and a replicable methodology for building social capital within a rural community in the Inland Delta of the Niger River is presented. Fundamentally, this text presents a solid point of reference for a case study based on a research based development pr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Natural resources -- Africa, West -- Management
Land tenure -- Environmental aspects -- Africa, West
Grazing -- Environmental aspects -- Africa, West
Soil conservation -- Africa, West
Sustainable agriculture -- Africa, West
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa, West
Conflict management -- Africa, West
Sustainable development -- Africa, West
Conflict management.
Grazing -- Environmental aspects.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Land tenure -- Environmental aspects.
Natural resources -- Management.
Soil conservation.
Sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable development.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
Agricultural development.
Agricultural production.
Arid zones.
Conflict.
Intensification.
Natural resources.
Package programmes.
Participation.
Resource management.
Semiarid zones.
Sustainability.
Technology.
Technology transfer.
West Africa.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004012409
ISBN 9780851990712
0851990711
1280908351
9781280908354
9786610908356
6610908354