In the Great Desert's Shadow

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dc.contributor.authorBertelsen, Michaelen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialSahelen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:07:19Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:07:19Zen
dc.date.issued1999en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the sub-Saharan region of Africa, commonly known as the Sahel, and the environmental and economic issues the region faces. The author provides descriptions of the climate, landscape, and lifescape of the Sahel and explains their inextricable connectedness with the economy. There is an emphasis on the need for collaboration between the Sahelian countries as well as with international organizations.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier193en
dc.identifier.citationThe World & I 14(12): 174-181en
dc.identifier.issn0887-9346en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65277en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWashington, D.C.: Washington Times Corpen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCOPYRIGHT 1999 News World Communications, Incen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectDesertificationen
dc.subjectResearch planningen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectDroughten
dc.subjectConflicten
dc.subjectRainfed agricultureen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectSoilen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectVulnerability and risken
dc.subjectIncome diversificationen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectLivestocken
dc.subjectLow input agricultureen
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.subjectSahelen
dc.subjectRainfallen
dc.subjectIntertropical convergence zone (itcz)en
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectWater scarcityen
dc.subjectWater accessen
dc.subjectPopulation growthen
dc.subjectPermanent interstate committee for drought control in the sahel (cilss)en
dc.subjectSahelian instituteen
dc.subjectNrm research poleen
dc.subjectEcosystem Governanceen
dc.titleIn the Great Desert's Shadowen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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