Natural Resources and Rural Development in Arid Lands: Case Studies from Sudan (UNU, 1985, 85 pages)

Preface

Introduction

I. The production of Dura (Sorghum vulgare) in Sudan and the Parasite Buda (Striga hermonthica)

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I.1. Dura and Buda

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Research Outline

The importance of Dura in Sudan

Systems of Dura production and Buda infestation

Combating Buda

I.2. Livestock and Buda

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Materials and methods

Results

Discussion

References

II. The impact of improved rural water supplies on the environment: The case of East Kordofan district

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The problem

Objectives of the study

Data collection and methodology

Characteristics of the area under study

The government's rural water supply strategy

The social and economic impact of new rural water supplies

Ecological impact

Obstacles to better water resource use

Conclusions and recommendations

References

III. Wood resources and their use in the Nuba mountains

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III.1. Energy and wood resources in Sudan and the Nuba mountains area

The problem reviewed

Wood resources and the demand for energy in Sudan

The study

III.2. Physical characteristics of the Nuba mountains area

Geomorphology

Climate

Soils and Vegetation

III.3. Wood resources and their use

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The present wood resources position

Fuelwood consumption

Wood resources and agricultural land use

Wood for construction

Vegetative resources for furniture and craft industries

A model of wood resource misuse in the nuba mountains area

III.4. Conservation policy

Factors that have inhibited the adoption of a woodlands conservation programme

Government forest policy

The need for a new resource conservation policy

Recommendations for wood resource conservation

References

IV. Planners' and participants' perceptions of development in the semi-arid lands of Sudan: A case study of the Khashm el Girba scheme

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The problem

The Khashm el Girba scheme

Differences in perception between planners, management, and participants in the scheme

Scheme participants' adaptive responses

Towards a restructuring of the scheme

Conclusions

References

Lessons to be learnt

Appendices