Bringing land back in: Changing strategies to improve agricultural production in the West African Sahel

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dc.contributor.authorPainter, T. M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeren
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:04Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:04Zen
dc.date.issued1987en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe chapter examines the difficulties encountered by programmes of the Niger government and development assistance organizations to increase agricultural productivity among peasant smallholders, when such endeavours lack a satisfactory understanding of the context and conditions of agricultural production. Following an overview of the harsh yet varied physical conditions of rainfed production in Niger, the strategy of the Niger government to effect improvements in rainfed agriculture, particularly after the serious drought of 1968-74, are discussed. This strategy took the form of large regional rural development projects, referred to as productivity projects because of their goal of increasing land productivity in agriculture. The productivity project strategy is critically assessed and a specific project in western Niger is examined in some detail. The project's lack of positive impact on agricultural productivity is considered, and possible reasons are given. The chapter closes with a discussion of current endeavours by the Niger government to devise new, more effective, strategies to improve agriculture in the country. (CAB Abstract)en
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dc.identifier815en
dc.identifier.isbn0-8133-7311-5en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65735en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBoulder, CO: Westview Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofLittle, P.D., M. Horowitz and A.E. Nyerges (eds.). 1987. Lands at Risk in the Third World: Local-Level Perspectives, 144-163en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectDryland farmingen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectAgricultural developmenten
dc.subjectDry farmingen
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectRegional planningen
dc.subjectNigeren
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Governanceen
dc.titleBringing land back in: Changing strategies to improve agricultural production in the West African Sahelen
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