TY - SER KW - soil conservation KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - water conservation KW - West Africa KW - sustainable agriculture KW - soil erosion KW - degradation KW - resource management KW - ethno-engineering KW - Sahel KW - agroforestry AU - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) AB - This book deals with the links between environmental degradation and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Considering the length of this paper, the authors have chosen to restrict themselves to making broad generalizations, which are sometimes supported by examples of specific local soil and water conservation experiments. As is pointed out in this paper, a first step in the design of soil and water conservation policy for a given country or area must be the detailed investigation of the conditions and issues which are outlined here. AN - 92-02386 CN - S625.A4357S64 1992 CY - Amsterdam DA - 01/1992 DB - Pennsylvania State University Libraries LA - English N1 - Prepared for the International Fund for Agricultural Development by the Centre for Development Cooperation Services, Free University, Amsterdam N2 - This book deals with the links between environmental degradation and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Considering the length of this paper, the authors have chosen to restrict themselves to making broad generalizations, which are sometimes supported by examples of specific local soil and water conservation experiments. As is pointed out in this paper, a first step in the design of soil and water conservation policy for a given country or area must be the detailed investigation of the conditions and issues which are outlined here. PB - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) PP - Amsterdam PY - 1992 RN - Local system: (OCoLC)30624582 General Note: January 1992 Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-110) Collection title: CIKARD-Center for Indigenous Knowledge in Agriculture and Rural Development. Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University EP - 110 ST - Soil and water conservation in sub-Saharan Africa TI - Soil and water conservation in sub-Saharan Africa: Towards sustainable production by the rural poor: A report UR - http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30624582 ER -