Michael Mortimore, Mortimore Michael

Adapting to Drought

Farmers, Famines and Desertification in West Africa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book embodies the results of thirteen years of research in drought-prone rural areas in the semi-arid zone of northern Nigeria.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780521104272
• ISBN-10: 0521104270
• Artikelnr.: 25686360

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. From feast to famine?
3. Drought in the 1970s
4. Thirteen years in the life of a village
5. Wider horizons
6. Two dry decades
7. Shifting sands
8. Interpretation
9. Policy directions
Notes
Bibliography
Index.