| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Foreword; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Transforming Soils: The Dynamics of Soil-fertility Management in Africa; Chapter 2: Creating Gardens: The Dynamics of Soil-fertility Management in Wolayta, Southern Ethiopia; Chapter 3: Seizing New Opportunities: Soil-fertility Management and Diverse Livelihoods in Mali; Chapter 4: Soils, Livelihoods and Agricultural Change: The Management of Soil-fertility in the Communal Lands of Zimbabwe; Chapter 5: Participatory Approaches to Integrated Soil-fertility Management |
| Summary |
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 polic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Soil fertility -- Ethiopia -- Management
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Soil fertility -- Mali -- Management
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Soil fertility -- Zimbabwe -- Management
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Soil Science.
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Soil fertility -- Management
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Bodenfruchtbarkeit
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Landwirtschaft
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Ethiopia
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Mali
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Zimbabwe
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Afrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scoones, Ian
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| ISBN |
9781849776134 |
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184977613X |
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