Adapting to drought: farmers, famines and desertification in west africa
Auteur :
Mortimore, Michael
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521104272
Date de publication :
19 mars 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
480 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book embodies the results of thirteen years of research in drought-prone rural areas in the semi-arid zone of northern Nigeria. It describes the patterns of adaptive behaviour observed among Hausa, Ful'be and Manga communities in response to recurrent drought in the 1970s and 1980s.