More people , less erosion : enviromental recovery in Kenya /

Tiffen ,mary

More people , less erosion : enviromental recovery in Kenya / MaryTiffen ,Michael Mortimore and Francis Gihuki - New York : John wiley, c1994 - xii ,311 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

CONTENTS
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Machakos then and now
2 The district and the study

PART II PROFILES OF CHANGE
3 Rainfall
4 Population
5 Land use and tenure
6 Crop and livestock production
7 Soil
8 Vegetation

PART III MANAGEMENT AND MANAGERS
9 Akamba social institution
10 Household farming and income system
11 Soil conservation
12 Water conservation
13 Tree management
14 Technological change

PART IV WHAT WORKED AND WHY
15 Intervention and policies
16 Population growth
17 Replicability , sustainability and policy

Includes Reference (p. 286 - 299) and index (p. 301 - 311)

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