Working the Sahel / Edition 1

by W.M. Adams, M.J. Mortimore

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415140966
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/24/1999
Series:	Global Environmental Change Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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