The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso
This paper describes the emergence of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s as well as their advantages, disadvantages and impact. The zaï emerged in a context of recurrent droughts and frequent harvest failures, which triggered farmers to start improving this l...
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| author | Kaboré, Daniel Reij, Chris |
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| description | This paper describes the emergence of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s as well as their advantages, disadvantages and impact. The zaï emerged in a context of recurrent droughts and frequent harvest failures, which triggered farmers to start improving this local practice. Despair triggered experimentation and innovation by farmers. These processes were supported and complemented by external intervention. Between 1985 and 2000 substantial public investment has taken place in soil and water conservation (SWC). The socio-economic and environmental situation on the northern part of the Central Plateau is still precarious for many farming families, but the predicted environmental collapse has not occurred and in many villages indications can be found of both environmental recovery and poverty reduction. -- Authors' Abstract |
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| spelling | CGSpace1555762025-11-06T06:18:03Z The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso Kaboré, Daniel Reij, Chris soil fertility soil conservation water conservation poverty traditional farming innovation public investment environmental degradation This paper describes the emergence of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s as well as their advantages, disadvantages and impact. The zaï emerged in a context of recurrent droughts and frequent harvest failures, which triggered farmers to start improving this local practice. Despair triggered experimentation and innovation by farmers. These processes were supported and complemented by external intervention. Between 1985 and 2000 substantial public investment has taken place in soil and water conservation (SWC). The socio-economic and environmental situation on the northern part of the Central Plateau is still precarious for many farming families, but the predicted environmental collapse has not occurred and in many villages indications can be found of both environmental recovery and poverty reduction. -- Authors' Abstract 2004 2024-10-24T12:42:18Z 2024-10-24T12:42:18Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155576 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kaboré, Daniel; Reij, Chris. 2004. The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso. EPTD Discussion Paper 114. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155576 |
| spellingShingle | soil fertility soil conservation water conservation poverty traditional farming innovation public investment environmental degradation Kaboré, Daniel Reij, Chris The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso |
| title | The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso |
| title_full | The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso |
| title_fullStr | The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso |
| title_full_unstemmed | The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso |
| title_short | The emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in Burkina Faso |
| title_sort | emergence and spreading of an improved traditional soil and water conservation practice in burkina faso |
| topic | soil fertility soil conservation water conservation poverty traditional farming innovation public investment environmental degradation |
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