W. M. Adams, M. J. Mortimore

Working the Sahel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at how people in the semi-arid conditions of the Sahel cope with their harsh environment. It draws on four years of field research with farmers in the Sahelian region and builds on work with these communities over several decades. Reporting on studies of four village communities, it shows how people work to achieve sustainable livelihoods and emphasises that there can be development without disaster.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781138867086
• ISBN-10: 113886708X
• Artikelnr.: 42786945

Autorenporträt

Adams, W.M.; Mortimore, M.J.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Diversity, flexibility and adaptability 3. Four
communities, four systems 4. Negotiating the rain 5. Working nature: using
biodiversity and biomass 6. Making the land work harder 7. When farmers are
not farming 8. Women, children and the house 9. Understanding inequality
10. Managing the managers