The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing CountriesIn this book for the first time social analysis is applied to discover why soil conservation programs in developing countries do not succeed. People's strategies against the conservation policies are discussed and the why and wherefore of their unpopularity |
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Is soil erosion really a problem? | 12 |
A review of techniques and policies | 38 |
Why do policies usually fail? | 50 |
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administration Africa agricultural technology analysis areas bureaucrats cause Chapter classes colonial conservation measures conservation programmes conservation techniques crops deforestation degradation and erosion Desertification discussed Eckholm economic effects environment environmental degradation eroded erosion and conservation example farms foreign aid forest forestry Green Revolution household ideological implementation imply important income opportunities increasing India inputs institutions interests involved irrigation issue Janvry Kenya labour land land-use decisions Lesotho lesser developed countries London maize marginalisation Nepal particularly pastoralists pasture peasantry peasants physical planting political economy political-economic population densities population growth population pressure practices problem proletarianisation relations of production research stations rural development scheme shifting cultivation small farmers social Soil and Water soil conservation soil conservation policies soil degradation soil erosion soil loss spatial steep-sloped Studies surplus extraction Tanzania technical tend terraces tion transnational companies tropical usually wage labour Zambia