 | Environment, Biodiversity and Agricultural Change in West Africa (UNU, 1997, 141 pages) |
 |  | Preface |
| | Acknowledgements |
| | Opening address |
|  | The context |
| | 1: General background |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Ecological setting |
| | Farming systems |
| | Problem |
| | References |
| | 2: People, land management and environmental change: Conceptual background, with focus on Africa |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Background and context |
| | Population, agriculture and environment in sub-Saharan Africa |
| | Objectives of PLEC |
| | PLEC in Africa |
| | International collaboration for sustainable development |
| | References |
| | 3: Indigenous African farming systems: Their significance for sustainable environmental use (Keynote address) |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Concept of sustainability |
| | Indigenous sustainable farming systems |
| | Conclusion |
| | References |
| | 4: Criteria for designing sustainable farming systems in tropical Africa |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Sustainable agriculture |
| | Farming systems of tropical Africa and their sustainability under changing conditions |
| | Ingredients of sustainable farming systems and issues to be considered in the design of these systems |
| | Sectorial interface requirements |
| | Conclusions and recommendations |
| | References |
| | Pilot study of production pressure and environmental change in the forest-savanna zone of southern Ghana |
| | 5: Background and objectives of the study of production pressure and environmental change in the southern forest-savanna transition zone |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Objectives |
| | Hypotheses |
| | The forest-savanna zone |
| | References |
| | 6: A multidisciplinary integrated methodology |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Field study |
| | Conclusion |
| | References |
| | 7: Land use and cover patterns |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Methodology |
| | Results |
| | Summary |
| | References |
| | 8: Soils |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Materials and method |
| | Analyses |
| | Results and discussion |
| | Conclusion |
| | References |
| | 9: Floral and faunal diversity |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Materials and methods |
| | Results and other observations |
| | Other observations |
| | Discussion |
| | Conclusion |
| | References |
| | 10: Population growth and urban demand |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Population growth |
| | Urban demand |
| | Conclusion |
| | References |
| | 11: Ability of the farming systems to cope and strategies for sustaining farming |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | The agroenvironmental changes and adaptations |
| | Declining yields |
| | Strategies for sustaining farming |
| | Conclusion |
| | References |
| | 12: Gender and non-governmental organizations in environmental management |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Gender and non-governmental organizations |
| | Environmental and agricultural changes |
| | Measures for coping with the adverse changes |
| | The relative roles of NGOs and GOs |
| | Conclusion |
| | Related studies |
| | 13: Interacting with the environment: Adaptation and regeneration on degraded land in upper Manya Krobo |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Upper Manya Krobo |
| | Research methodology |
| | Land degradation and its consequences |
| | Adaptation, regeneration and innovation |
| | Implications for research |
| | Acknowledgement |
| | References |
| | 14: Land use and cover change in the southern forest-savanna transition zone in Ghana: A sequence model |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Introduction |
| | Study area |
| | Conceptual basis |
| | Studies |
| | Land use and cover sequences |
| | Food cropping on abandoned land |
| | Land use and cover sub-sequences |
| | General indications and future trends |
| | References |
| | 15: Women, environmental change and economic crisis in Ghana |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Introduction |
| | Background to the research: Economic crisis and structural adjustment |
| | Environmental degradation in North-Eastern Ghana |
| | Gender and agricultural systems in North-Eastern Ghana |
| | The gender division of labour |
| | Structural adjustment and its impact on health, nutrition and consumption patterns |
| | Changes in educational status |
| | Changes in income-generating activities |
| | Changes in women's time use |
| | Women's time use and seasonality |
| | Conclusion |
| | References |
| | Conclusions |
| | 16: Conclusions and directions for future research |
| | (introductory text...) |
| | Research objectives |
| | Methodology |
| | Research extension |
| | Other recommendations |
| | Contributors |
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