Conflict, Social Capital and Managing Natural Resources: A West African Case Study (Cabi Publishing)

This book is the product of a six-year multi-disciplinary collaborative research program in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. It describes the transition of the conflict-ridden agricultural and pastoral systems of arid and semi-arid regions of West Africa to more intensified agricultural and animal husbandry systems. The research investigates technological options and decision tools and explores a replicable methodology for building social capital within a rural community in the Inland Delta of the Niger River. The chapters recount the efforts of researchers and development agents to identify new approaches for sustainable development and the experiences of the local population seeking a pathway from poverty and food insecurity to a healthy economy and environment. Conflict And Agropastoral Development In The Sahel / Keith M. Moore ... [et Al] -- The Lifescape : Production Systems And Social Institutions / Salmana Cissé, Keith M. Moore, And Charlene Brewster -- Landscape And Soil Characteristics Of Madiama Commune / Oumarou Badini And Lassana Dioni -- Investigation Into The Movements Of Cattle, Sheep, And Goat Herds Through The Commune Of Madiama / Adama Ballo And Abdoul Karim Ouattara -- Land Use Changes In Madiama Commune / Randolph H. Wynne ... [et Al.] -- Participatory Landscape, Lifescape Appraisal / Julia Earl And Amadou Kodio -- Building Social Infrastructure For Sustainable Development / Keith M. Moore, Salmana Cissé, And Abdoulaye Touré -- Conflict Management Training / Jeff Goebel, Catherine Ampagoomian, And Abdoulaye Touré -- Holistic Management Applied To Sanrm Research And Development In Madiama / Sam Bingham -- Farmers' Knowledge And Perceptions Of Soil Fertility / Todd Crane And Boureima Traoré -- Biophysical Assessment Of Alternative Soil Fertility Technologies Through Modeling / Oumarou Badini, Boureima Traoré, And Mohamed Sidi Mohamed Touré -- An Economic Evaluation Of Alternative Soil Management Technologies / Peter Wyeth ... [et Al.] -- Economic Linkages Among Occupational Groups In The Commune Of Madiama / Charlene Brewster ... [et Al.] -- Dry Season Feed Supplements : The Potential Role Of Cassia Tora / Meriem El Hadj ... [et Al.] -- Controlled Grazing : Botanical Response And Animal Performance / Ozzie Abaye ... [et Al.] -- Social Capital And Improved Nrm / Keith M. Moore And Salmana Cissé -- What We Have Learned / Keith M. Moore, Charlene Brewster, And Michael Bertelsen. Edited By Keith M. Moore. Sustainable Agriculture And Natural Resource Management (sanrem), Collaborative Research Support Program (crsp). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contributors......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 1 Conflict and Agropastoral Development in the Sahel......Page 13 2 The Lifescape: Production Systems and Social Institutions......Page 35 3 Landscape and Soil Characterization of Madiama Commune......Page 47 4 Investigation into the Movements of Cattle, Sheep and Goat Herds through the Commune of Madiama*......Page 65 5 Land Use Changes in Madiama Commune......Page 83 6 Participatory Landscape/Lifescape Appraisal......Page 89 7 Building Social Infrastructure for Sustainable Development......Page 101 8 Conflict Management Training......Page 113 9 Holistic Management Applied to SANREM Research and Development in Madiama......Page 129 10 Farmers’ Knowledge and Perceptions of Soil Fertility......Page 141 11 Biophysical Assessment of Alternative Soil Fertility Technologies Through Modelling......Page 155 12 An Economic Evaluation of Alternative Soil Management Technologies......Page 171 13 Economic Linkages Among Occupational Groups in the Madiama Commune......Page 193 14 Dry Season Feed Supplements: the Potential Role of Cassia tora......Page 207 15 Controlled Grazing: Botanical Response and Animal Performance......Page 223 16 Social Capital and Improved NRM......Page 241 17 What We Have Learned......Page 259 Index......Page 269 This book is the product of a research programme into sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. It focuses on the transition from agricultural and pastoral systems of arid and semi-arid regions of West Africa to more intensified agricultural and animal husbandry systems. Both technological options and decision tools are analysed, and a replicable methodology for building social capital within a rural community in the Inland Delta of the Niger River is presented. Fundamentally, this text presents a solid point of reference for a case study based on a research based development pr "This book is the product of a 6-year multi-disciplinary collaborative research programme in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. It describes the transition of the conflict-ridden agricultural and pastoral systems of arid and semi-arid regions of West Africa to more intensified agricultural and animal husbandry systems. The study investigates technological options and decision tools and explores a replicable methodology for building social capital within a rural community in the Inland Delta of the Niger River."--Jacket