Sustaining the Soil - Couverture souple

 
9781853833724: Sustaining the Soil
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 185383372X ISBN 13 : 9781853833724
Editeur : Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Indigenous soil and water conservation practices are rarely acknowledged in the design of conventional development projects. Instead, the history of soil and water conservation in Africa has been one of imposing external solutions without regard for local practice. There is a remarkably diverse range of locally developed and adapted technologies for the conservation of water and soil, well suited to their particular site and socio-economic conditions. But such measures have been ignored, and sometimes even overturned, by external solutions. Sustaining the Soil documents farmers' practices, exploring the origins and adaptations carried out by farmers over generations, in response to changing circumstances. Through a comparative analysis of conservation measures - from the humid zones of West Africa to the arid lands of the Sudan, from rock terraces in Morocco to the grass strips of Swaziland - the book explores the various factors that influence adoption and adaptation; farmers' perceptions of conservation needs; and the institutional and policy settings most favorable to more effective land husbandry. For the first time on an Africa-wide scale, this book shows that indigenous techniques work, and are being used successfully to conserve and harvest soil and water. These insights combine to suggest new ways forward for governments and agencies attempting to support sustainable land management in Africa, involving a fusion of traditional and modern approaches, which makes the most of both the new and the old.

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À propos de l?auteur

Calmilla Toulmin, Chris Reij, Ian Scoones

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
185383372X
ISBN 13 
9781853833724
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
Éditeur
Reij Chris, Scoones Ian, Toulmin Calmilla
Coordonnées du fabricant
BOOKS etc..
cs@booksetc.co.uk

BOOKS etc.
Aldershot
Royaume-Uni
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

Friedensallee 273
Hamburg
22763
Allemagne

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9781138163782: Sustaining the Soil: Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in Africa

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1138163783 ISBN 13 :  9781138163782
Editeur : Routledge, 2017
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