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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815187303321

Titolo

Conflict, social capital, and managing natural resources : a West African case study / / edited by Keith M. Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2005

ISBN

1-280-90835-1

9786610908356

0-85199-071-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MooreKeith M

Disciplina

333.7/0966

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM), Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conflict and agropastoral development in the Sahel / Keith M. Moore ... [et al] -- The lifescape : production systems and social institutions / Salmana Cisse, Keith M. Moore, and Charlene Brewster -- Landscape and soil characteristics of Madiama Commune / Oumarou Badini and Lassana Dioni -- Investigation into the movements of cattle, sheep, and goat herds through the Commune of Madiama / Adama Ballo and Abdoul Karim Ouattara -- Land use changes in Madiama Commune / Randolph H. Wynne ... [et al.] -- Participatory landscape, lifescape appraisal / Julia Earl and Amadou Kodio -- Building social infrastructure for sustainable development / Keith M. Moore, Salmana Cisse, and Abdoulaye Toure -- Conflict management training / Jeff Goebel, Catherine Ampagoomian, and Abdoulaye Toure -- Holistic management applied to SANRM research and development in Madiama



/ Sam Bingham -- Farmers' knowledge and perceptions of soil fertility / Todd Crane and Boureima Traore -- Biophysical assessment of alternative soil fertility technologies through modeling / Oumarou Badini, Boureima Traore, and Mohamed Sidi Mohamed Toure -- An economic evaluation of alternative soil management technologies / Peter Wyeth ... [et al.] -- Economic linkages among occupational groups in the Commune of Madiama / Charlene Brewster ... [et al.] -- Dry season feed supplements : the potential role of Cassia tora / Meriem El Hadj ... [et al.] -- Controlled grazing : botanical response and animal performance / Ozzie abaye ... [et al.] -- Social capital and improved NRM / Keith M. Moore and Salmana Cisse -- What we have learned / Keith M. Moore, Charlene Brewster, and Michael Bertelsen.

Sommario/riassunto

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