African agricultural systems
Agro Ecological Conditions
Case Study
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CFA Franc
Cotton Zone
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Farmer Research Groups
fertility
Fertility Inputs
fertilizers
Improving Soil Fertility Management
inorganic
Inorganic Fertilizer
integrated
Integrated Soil Fertility Management
livelihood diversification
Low External Input Technologies
management
Mineral Fertilizer
niger
nutrient cycling
office
Office Du Niger
participatory development methods
Participatory Rural Appraisal Tools
Pr Ic
practices
Rainfed Cereal
rural soil fertility policy analysis
smallholder farming practices
soil
Soil Fertility Change
Soil Fertility Management
Soil Fertility Management Options
Soil Fertility Management Practice
Soil Fertility Management Strategies
Soil Management
Soil Science
strategies
sustainable land management
Taro Root
Te Ch
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781853838194
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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'.
