Environment and Land Use in Africa

Environment and Land Use in Africa

Author: M. F. Thomas

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-07-26

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 1000865630

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Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions. Climate, landforms, soils and vegetation are discussed as fundamental aspects of the physical environment. The next section discusses the social and political environment: demography, agricultural systems and the legacies of colonial administration. Case studies in Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Eswatini and Kenya are analysed. The book is aimed at students of African studies, geographers and agriculturalists.


Urbanization and Migration in West Africa

Urbanization and Migration in West Africa

Author: Hilda Kuper

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0520313941

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.


Research with Farmers

Research with Farmers

Author: Steven Charles Franzel

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780851988146

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The overall objective of this volume is to show the impact of farming systems research (FSR) activities in Ethiopia on agricultural research and on the development of technologies and policies for small-scale farmers. The work reported is based on research conducted by scientists at the Institute of Agricultural Research, in collaboration with staff from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), the International Center for tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA). Ethiopia is one of the few developing countries where FSR activities have been institutionalized and have had and important influence on the development of new technologies for farmers. Consequently, the research results, as well as the policy analysis, methodology and the institutionalization process, will be relevant to all researchers and change agents concerned with the developing world, whether they be economists, policy makers or administrators.