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Titolo: | Conflict, social capital, and managing natural resources [[electronic resource] ] : a West African case study / / edited by Keith M. Moore |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.7/0966 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Altri autori: | MooreKeith M |
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 Cissé, 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 Cissé, and Abdoulaye Touré -- Conflict management training / Jeff Goebel, Catherine Ampagoomian, and Abdoulaye Touré -- Holistic management applied to SANRM research and development in Madiama / Sam Bingham -- Farmers' knowledge and perceptions of soil fertility / Todd Crane and Boureima Traoré -- Biophysical assessment of alternative soil fertility technologies through modeling / Oumarou Badini, Boureima Traoré, and Mohamed Sidi Mohamed Touré -- 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 Cissé -- 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Conflict, social capital, and managing natural resources |
ISBN: | 1-280-90835-1 |
9786610908356 | |
0-85199-071-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784228403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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