Fighting the Population/Agriculture/Environment Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.creatorCleaver, Kevin
dc.creatorSchreiber, Gotz
dc.date2012-08-13T10:06:55Z
dc.date2012-08-13T10:06:55Z
dc.date1994-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:36:55Z
dc.descriptionOver the past thirty years, most of Sub-Saharan Africa has seen rapid population growth, poor agricultural performance, and increasing environmental degradation. Why do these problems seem so intractable? Are they connected? Do they reinforce each other? If so, what are the critical links? This book tests the hypothesis that these phenomena are strongly interrelated. The finding - that this nexus is very much at work in Sub-Saharan Africa - tells us that the design of development efforts must come to reflect this reality. Key links are found in traditional crop and livestock production methods, land tenure systems, women's responsibilities, traditional family planning mechanisms, and methods of forest resource utilization. Traditional systems and practices, well suited to people's survival needs when population densities were low, were able to evolve in response to slow population growth. But with the acceleration of population growth in the 1950's, traditional ways came under increasing strain resulting in the triad of problems addressed here. Solutions are complex. Effective responses have not been forthcoming from international and donor communities, except on a very limited scale in a few places. This study assesses succesful and failed interventions. With that base it recommends concrete and implementable strategies to intensify agriculture, increase demand for smaller families, reform land tenure practices, conserve the environment, and address the problems of women.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/12/1614985/fighting-populationagricultureenvironment-nexus-sub-saharan-africa
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10005
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/10005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/407399
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAfrica Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 28
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAFRICAN FARMERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL MARKETING
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectARABLE LAND
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY RATES
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE DEMAND
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectEROSION
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPLOITATION
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFERTILIZERS
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST AREAS
dc.subjectFOREST COVER
dc.subjectFOREST DESTRUCTION
dc.subjectFOREST DWELLING
dc.subjectFOREST LANDS
dc.subjectFOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subjectFOREST RESOURCES
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATION
dc.subjectLAND OWNERS
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USE PRACTICES
dc.subjectLANDS
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectLOCAL COMMUNITY
dc.subjectLOGGING
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATES
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITIES
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectRESOURCE CONSERVATION
dc.subjectRESOURCE OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectRIVER BASINS
dc.subjectRURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL ROADS
dc.subjectRURAL WATER
dc.subjectRURAL WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectSANITATION FACILITIES
dc.subjectSOIL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectSOIL FERTILITY
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectURBAN CENTERS
dc.subjectWATER DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWATER SCARCITY
dc.subjectWATER SHORTAGES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.subjectWATERSHEDS
dc.subjectWILDLIFE
dc.subjectWOOD
dc.subjectWOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectWOODLAND
dc.subjectWOODLANDS FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectWOMEN'S ROLE
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectPOPULATION PRESSURE
dc.subjectPOPULATION INCREASE
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPASTORALISM
dc.subjectCULTIVATION PRACTICES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFERTILITY RATES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectFUELWOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSETTLEMENT POLICY
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectWOMEN'S ROLE IN HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY
dc.titleFighting the Population/Agriculture/Environment Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.titleComment rompre les liens entre la forte croissance demographique, la stagnation de l'agriculture et la degradation de l'environnement en Afrique Subsaharienne

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