Environment, Biodiversity and Agricultural Change in West Africa (UNU, 1997, 141 pages)

Preface

Acknowledgements

Opening address

The context

1: General background

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Ecological setting

Farming systems

Problem

References

2: People, land management and environmental change: Conceptual background, with focus on Africa

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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)

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Concept of sustainability

Indigenous sustainable farming systems

Conclusion

References

4: Criteria for designing sustainable farming systems in tropical Africa

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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

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Objectives

Hypotheses

The forest-savanna zone

References

6: A multidisciplinary integrated methodology

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Field study

Conclusion

References

7: Land use and cover patterns

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Methodology

Results

Summary

References

8: Soils

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Materials and method

Analyses

Results and discussion

Conclusion

References

9: Floral and faunal diversity

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Materials and methods

Results and other observations

Other observations

Discussion

Conclusion

References

10: Population growth and urban demand

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Population growth

Urban demand

Conclusion

References

11: Ability of the farming systems to cope and strategies for sustaining farming

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The agroenvironmental changes and adaptations

Declining yields

Strategies for sustaining farming

Conclusion

References

12: Gender and non-governmental organizations in environmental management

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Research objectives

Methodology

Research extension

Other recommendations

Contributors