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Roots in the African dust : sustaining the sub-Saharan drylands / Michael Mortimore.

Title
Roots in the African dust : sustaining the sub-Saharan drylands / Michael Mortimore.
Author
Mortimore, Michael, 1937-2017
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Description
xvii, 219 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Arid regions agriculture > Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Desertification > Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Desert resources development > Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Sustainable development > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Global perspectives on Africa's drylands -- 3. A smallholder's perspective -- 4. Risk in the rangelands -- 5. Risk for the farmer -- 6. Risk for the household -- 7. Degradation -- 8. Intensification -- 9. Conservation -- 10. Systems in transition.
ISBN
  • 0521451736 (hb)
  • 0521457858 (pb)
LCCN
^^^97042897^
OCLC
  • 37820043
  • SCSB-9995427
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library