The image of Africa in the modern world has come to be shaped by perceptions of the drylands and their problems of poverty, drought, degradation, and famine. Michael Mortimore offers an alternative and revisionist thesis, dismissing on theoretical and empirical grounds the conventional view of runaw...

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Main Author:	Mortimore, Michael 1937- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
Subjects:	Nachhaltigkeit Arid regions agriculture / Africa, Sub-Saharan Desertification / Africa, Sub-Saharan Desert resources development / Africa, Sub-Saharan Sustainable development / Africa, Sub-Saharan Desertifikation Landwirtschaft Agrarökologie Trockengebiet Subsaharisches Afrika
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	The image of Africa in the modern world has come to be shaped by perceptions of the drylands and their problems of poverty, drought, degradation, and famine. Michael Mortimore offers an alternative and revisionist thesis, dismissing on theoretical and empirical grounds the conventional view of runaway desertification, driven by population growth and inappropriate land use. In its place he suggests a more optimistic model of sustainable land use, based on researched case studies from East and West Africa where indigenous technological adaptation has put population growth and market opportunities to advantage. He also proposes a more appropriate set of policy priorities to support dryland peoples in their efforts to sustain land and livelihoods. The result is a remarkably clear synthesis of much of the best work that has emerged over past years
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 219 pages)
ISBN:	9780511560064
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511560064