Natural resources management in African agriculture: understanding and improving current practices
Material type:
- 0-85199-584-5
- CC200 - Extension and Advisory Work
- EE110 - Agricultural Economics
- EE115 - Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000)
- EE120 - Policy and Planning
- JJ600 - Soil Fertility
- JJ800 - Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002)
- JJ900 - Soil Management
- KK600 - Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees: Community, Farm and Social Forestry
- PP400 - Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation
- Africa South of Sahara
This book synthesizes existing information on the adoption of natural resource management investments and strategies (such as soil fertility improvements or erosion control) for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. It also critically examines current analytical methods and generates research and policy recommendations. Topics covered include: farmers' objectives and learning processes; willingness and capacity to make long-term investments; economic incentives and the importance of the resource base; and the agroecological, institutional and policy contexts. The book has 22 chapters and a subject index.
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