Title Drought follows the plow : cultivating marginal areas / edited by Michael H. Glantz

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description xviii, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents Introduction / Michael H. Glantz -- Pt. I. Drought, desertification and food production / Michael H. Glantz -- Pt. II. Case studies and conclusions. The West African Sahel / Michael H. Glantz. Somalia / Jorg Janzen. The Brazilian Nordeste (Northeast) / Antonio Magalhaes and Pennie Magee. The dry regions of Kenya / David Campbell. Australia / R. Les Heathcote. Ethiopia / James McCann. Northwest Africa / Will Swearingen. The Virgin Lands Scheme in the former Soviet Union / Igor Zonn, Michael H. Glantz and Alvin Rubinstein. South Africa / Coleen Vogel. Is the stork outrunning the plow? / Michael H. Glantz Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index Subject Agriculturally marginal lands. Agriculture -- Environmental aspects. Climatic changes. Droughts. Meteorology, Agricultural. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Author Glantz, Michael H. LC no. 94004148 ISBN 0521442524 (hc) 0521477212 (pb)

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