Agroenvironmental transformation in the Sahel: Another kind of "Green Revolution"

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dc.contributor.authorReij, C.en
dc.contributor.authorTappan, G.en
dc.contributor.authorSmale, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBurkina Fasoen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:08:05Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:08:05Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractWithin the last thirty years in the West African Sahel, farmers have started to implement agroenvironmental practices which have allowed them to improve the soil quality and increase crop yields. Using two examples of land rehabilitation in Africa, this paper examines the technical and institutional innovations and their impacts on the ability to meet food demand for the growing population. Agroenvironmental techniques incorporate trees into the agricultural landscape, which improves water retention in the soil, increases the supply of nutrients, reduces wind erosion, and provides other marketable tree products. This large-scale effort has created income opportunities for farmers, benefited women, and increased food supply for many African families.en
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dc.identifier4749en
dc.identifier.citationIFPRI Discussion Paper 00914en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68985en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWashington, DC: International Food Policy Research Instituteen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00914.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2009 International Food Policy Research Instituteen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSocial capitalen
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectMillions feden
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectLand degradationen
dc.subjectSahelen
dc.subjectZaïen
dc.subjectStone bundsen
dc.subjectBurkina Fasoen
dc.subjectInnovationen
dc.subjectFarmer-driven changeen
dc.subjectAgroenvironmentalen
dc.subjectRehabilitationen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Governanceen
dc.titleAgroenvironmental transformation in the Sahel: Another kind of "Green Revolution"en
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