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This book is the product of a research programme into sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. It focuses on the transition from agricultural and pastoral systems of arid and semi-arid regions of West Africa to more intensified agricultural and animal husbandry systems. Both technological options and decision tools are analysed, and a replicable methodology for building social capital within a rural community in the Inland Delta of the Niger River is presented. Fundamentally, this text presents a solid point of reference for a case study based on a research based development pr

Système de culture --- cropping systems --- Système de pâturage --- Grazing systems --- Utilisation des terres --- land use --- Pastoralisme --- Pastoralism --- Environnement socioculturel --- sociocultural environment --- Connaissance indigène --- Indigenous knowledge --- Ressource humaine --- Human resources --- Gestion des ressources --- resource management --- Fertilité du sol --- soil fertility --- Gestion foncière --- Land management --- Formation de capital --- capital formation --- Afrique occidentale --- West Africa --- Sahel --- #SBIB:327.4H60 --- #SBIB:35H434 --- #SBIB:35H6080 --- Derde wereld: ontwikkeling, sociale verandering: algemeen --- Beleidssectoren: milieubeleid en ruimtelijke ordening --- Bestuur en beleid: nationale en regionale studies: Ontwikkelingslanden --- Natural resources --- Land tenure --- Grazing --- Soil conservation --- Sustainable agriculture --- Infrastructure (Economics) --- Conflict management --- Sustainable development --- Management. --- Environmental aspects --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Low-input agriculture --- Low-input sustainable agriculture --- Lower input agriculture --- Resource-efficient agriculture --- Sustainable farming --- Agriculture --- Alternative agriculture --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Public works --- Capital --- Agricultural systems --- Animal feeding --- Range management --- Pastures --- Rangelands --- Conflict control --- Conflict resolution --- Dispute settlement --- Management of conflict --- Managing conflict --- Management --- Negotiation --- Problem solving --- Social conflict --- Crisis management --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- National resources --- Resources, Natural --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Economic aspects