Working the Sahel : Environment and Society in Northern Nigeria.
Title:
Working the Sahel : Environment and Society in Northern Nigeria.
Author:
Adams, W.M.
ISBN:
9780203983263
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (245 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Diversity, flexibility and adaptability -- 3 Four communities, four systems -- 4 Negotiating the rain -- 5 Working nature -- 6 Making the land work harder -- 7 When farmers are not farming -- 8 Women, children and the house -- 9 Understanding inequality -- 10 Managing the managers -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
This book looks at how people in the semi-arid conditions of the Sahel cope with their harsh environment. It draws on four years of field research with farmers in the Sahelian region and builds on work with these communities over several decades. Reporting on studies of four village communities, it shows how people work to achieve sustainable livelihoods and emphasises that there can be development without disaster.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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