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Working with farmers for better land husbandry / edited by Norman Hudson and Rodney Cheatle with Adrian Wood and Francis Gichuki. - London, UK : Intermediate Technology Publications ; 1993. - viii, 272 p. : ill ; 23 cm.

SETTING HE SEENE
Preface
N. W. Hudson
Making Conservation Farmer-Friendly
M.G Douglas
Soil and Water Management for the Nineties-New Pressures, New Objectives

CURRENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICE
Introduction
F.N. Gichuki
Soil Conservation: An Ethiopian Experience
B.W Aregay and P.A Chadhokar
Sustainable Soil and Water Management in Malawi, etc.

SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES
Introduction
Eva Tobisson
Changing Roles for Rural Sociologists
Eva Tobisson
Integrating a Socio-economic Perspective into Soil and Water Management in Zambia
A.J.Sutherland

ECONOMIC ISSUES
Economic Considerations for Participatory Development of Natural Resources
J.P Hunter
Economic Management of Natural Resources by Rural Communities
N. Reynolds

PARICIPATORY APPRAISAL, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
Participatory Rural Appraisal
Robert Chambers
Sustainable Small Farm Development- Frontiers in Participation
Robert Chambers
Participatory Rural Appraisal for Agroforestry
M.Avila, etc.

OPPORUBITIES AND BENEFITS
Introduction
N.W. Hudson
Choosing Conservation Measures for Cropland on Smallholdings in Kenya
D.B.Thomas
A Strategy for Better Land Husbandry at Thabana Morena
T.F.Shaxson
Smallhoder Adoption of Some Land Husbandry Practices in Kenya
R.J. Cheatle and S.N.J Njoroge
Cash Incomes and Conservation: increasing both simultaneously S.Calger


COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDIES
Community Participation
Erosion Control in Machakos, Kenya
Conservation in Bariadi, Tanzania
Community Soil Conservation in Kabale , Uganda
Agroforestry by Mobisquads in Ghana, etc.

LAND HUSBANDRY CASE STUDIES
Introduction
A Programme for Farm Improvement with Soil Conservation in Lesotho
Mobilizing Farmers to Counter Desertification in Nyanza District, Kenya
Farmer Adoption of Improved Water Management on Vertisols in Semi-arid South -east Zimbabwe
An Agroforestry Extension Project in Mazabuka District, Zambia, etc.

CONCLUSIONS
Next Steps Towards Better Land Husbandandry
Improved Training Approaches for Sustainable Land Husbandry




Includes bibliographical references: p. 256-261 , Name Indexes: p. 269, Subject Index: p.270-272

ISBN: 9781853391224 1853391220 (pbk. : Soil and Water Conservation Society) 0935734295 (pbk. : Soil and Water Conservation Society)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Agricultural systems
Agricultural conservation
Economic development
Soil conservation
Water conservation

Dewey Class. No.: 333 / NOR