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Ian Scoones
Dynamics and Diversity [PDF ebook]
Soil Fertility and Farming Livelihoods in Africa

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Soils are critical to agriculture and, in turn, to food supply and livelihoods. Sustainable management of soils is crucial for a large proportion of the population of Africa. Contrary to many claims, soil fertility is improved and managed successfully by small-scale farmers there. Careful studies from widely different areas reveal how closely bound up soil management is with complex social, cultural and ecological factors – requiring a far more subtly tuned approach to development policy and practice. This work is a study of how the context of livelihood systems has to inform development policy and practice.

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Format PDF ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781136534256 ● Editor Ian Scoones ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2491440 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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