Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa

This document first describes the main agroecological zone found in sub-Saharan Africa and the environmental constraints to agricultural production inherent in these zones. This is followed by a description of the main agricultural production systems and land use practices. Factors that have contrib...

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Autores principales: Ehui, Simeon K., Williams, Timothy O., Swallow, B.M.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Dartmouth Publishing Company Limited 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50418
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description This document first describes the main agroecological zone found in sub-Saharan Africa and the environmental constraints to agricultural production inherent in these zones. This is followed by a description of the main agricultural production systems and land use practices. Factors that have contributed to unsustainable land-use practices, as well as evolving technological needs and policy requirements for sustainable land-use practices are discussed.
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spelling CGSpace504182025-12-02T10:59:51Z Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa Ehui, Simeon K. Williams, Timothy O. Swallow, B.M. land use economic policies production systems environments This document first describes the main agroecological zone found in sub-Saharan Africa and the environmental constraints to agricultural production inherent in these zones. This is followed by a description of the main agricultural production systems and land use practices. Factors that have contributed to unsustainable land-use practices, as well as evolving technological needs and policy requirements for sustainable land-use practices are discussed. 1995 2014-10-31T06:09:11Z 2014-10-31T06:09:11Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50418 en Limited Access Dartmouth Publishing Company Limited
spellingShingle land use
economic policies
production systems
environments
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Williams, Timothy O.
Swallow, B.M.
Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa
title Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort economic factors and policies encouraging environmentally detrimental land use practices in sub saharan africa
topic land use
economic policies
production systems
environments
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50418
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