Dynamics and Diversity (eBook, PDF)

Soil Fertility and Farming Livelihoods in Africa
Redaktion: Scoones, Ian

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Soils are critical to agriculture and, in turn, to food supply and livelihoods. Sustainable management of soils is crucial for a large proportion of the population of Africa. Contrary to many claims, soil fertility is improved and managed successfully by small-scale farmers there. Careful studies from widely different areas reveal how closely bound up soil management is with complex social, cultural and ecological factors - requiring a far more subtly tuned approach to development policy and practice. This work is a study of how the context of livelihood systems has to inform development policy and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136534256
• Artikelnr.: 38271271

Autorenporträt

Ian Scoones is a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He is co-editor (with Chris Reij and Camilla Toulmin) of 'Sustaining the Soil'.

Inhaltsangabe

Transforming Soils: The Dynamics of Soil-fertility Management in Africa
Creating Gardens: The Dynamics of Soil-fertility Management in Molayta, Southern Ethiopia
Seizing New Opportunities: Soil-fertility Management and Diverse Livelihoods in Mali
Soils, Livelihoods and Agricultural Change: The Management of Soil-fertility in the Communal Lands of Zimbabwe
Participatory Approaches to Integrated Soil-fertility Management
Ways Forward? Technical Choices, Intervention Strategies and Policy Options.
Notes
References
Index