| Living with Uncertainty: New Directions in Pastoral Development in Africa Contributor(s): Scoones, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1853392359 ISBN-13: 9781853392351 Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1995 Annotation: The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines the management of policy implications of this new ecological thinking for pastoral development in dryland areas. With examples drawn from all over Africa, the contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 333.741 |
| LCCN: 95020707 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.13" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Topical - Ecology |
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Contributor Bio(s): Scoones, Ian: - Ian Scoones is co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex and joint convenor of the IDS-hosted Future Agricultures Consortium. He is an agricultural ecologist by original training whose interdisciplinary research links the natural and social sciences. His most recent book is Avian Influenza: Science, Policy and Politics. |