Land Degradation and Population Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Machakos Experience

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dc.creatorEnglish, John
dc.creatorTiffen, Mary
dc.creatorMortimore, Michael
dc.date2012-08-13T10:06:45Z
dc.date2012-08-13T10:06:45Z
dc.date1995-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:23:55Z
dc.descriptionAn issue which has generated much concern has been the potential link between low incomes and resource degradation. This report presents the results of a study which investigated this question. Machakos District is a relatively low income and agriculturally marginal district in Kenya. Before World War II the colonial administration was concerned that land degradation was becoming severe under the pressure of population, aggravated by drought. The report analyzes the changes which have taken place in the land resources, agricultural systems, and social structures of the district over the period since 1930. Despite the fact that there was considerable social turbulence in the period prior to independence, the people of the district have managed, building on good market access and periodic government support, to make substantial changes in their government support and agricultural systems and bring about a dramatic increase in the productivity of their land resources.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/01/1615055/land-degradation-population-growth-sub-saharan-africa-machakos-experience
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10004
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/10004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417727
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAfrica Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 31
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectSOIL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectRESOURCES EXPLOITATION
dc.subjectLAND REFORM
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectLAND RESOURCES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectFARMING SYSTEMS
dc.subjectCASH CROPS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INPUTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAPPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectBREEDING
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROPPING
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectCULTIVATION PRACTICES
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR FOOD
dc.subjectDESERTIFICATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
dc.subjectDROUGHTS
dc.subjectDRYLAND AREAS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC SITUATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectFARM ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFIREWOOD
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINTEGRATION
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATION
dc.subjectLAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLAND QUALITY
dc.subjectLAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLANDS
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectMOISTURE RETENTION
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectOVERGRAZING
dc.subjectPASTURES
dc.subjectPLANTING
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPRODUCE
dc.subjectQUOTAS
dc.subjectROOTS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectSAVANNAS
dc.subjectSEEDS
dc.subjectSHIFTING CULTIVATION
dc.subjectSOIL CONSERVATION
dc.subjectSOIL EROSION
dc.subjectSOILS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subjectTERRACING
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectTREES
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subjectUNIVERSITIES
dc.subjectVEGETATION
dc.titleLand Degradation and Population Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Machakos Experience
dc.titleDegradation des sols et croissance demographique en Afrique Sub-Saharienne : l'experience du district de Machakos au Kenya

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