Lack of access to food and its availability is of central concern in Africa and a fundamental
challenge for human welfare and economic growth. Low agricultural production results in …

The concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and
development and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it …

This book brings together 11 perspectives on sub-Saharan Africa's food security problems.
Topics covered include: the evolution of thinking about food security; agricultural issues in …

review the neoclassical model of poverty's relationship with environment—a model that
suggests (among other things) a potential vicious cycle of poverty environmental …

Land use change and livelihood systems are often analyzed separately or with one “driving”
the other. This “driver-feedback” relationship has been buttressed by approaches to social …

This paper investigates the patterns and determinants of change in income strategies
(“development pathways”), land management, resource and human welfare conditions in …

Integrated farming in Asia is either considered an eco-friendly good that should be
preserved for environmental reasons or a poor practice that will soon be superseded by …

The paper analyses land use trajectories in savannah woodlands in the Central-West
Region, Burkina Faso and the Upper East Region in northern Ghana by use of satellite …

Wetlands are a vital resource, particularly in Africa where livelihoods are closely linked to
natural capital. In recent years, extensive drainage has occurred to make way for agriculture …

This paper explores local knowledge and practices in soil management and investment that
have frequently gone unrecognised in assessments of soil fertility transformations and …