Better Land Husbandry : From Soil Conservation to Holistic Land Management

Intro -- Series Preface-Land Reconstruction and Management -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction to Better Land Husbandry -- 1.1 LAND AND SOIL DEGRADATION -- 1.2 SOIL CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES -- 1.2.1 Controlling Runoff and Preventing Erosion -- 1.2.2 Farmer Adoption and Adaptation of Technologies -- 1.3 BETTER LAND HUSBANDRY APPROACH -- 1.3.1 New Ways of Thinking -- 1.3.2 Agro-ecological Components of Better Land Husbandry -- 1.3.3 Social and Economic Components of Better Land Husbandry -- 1.4 WINNING THE DEBATE? -- 1.4.1 The Message is Not Getting Through Fast Enough -- 1.4.2 Structure of the Book -- 2. Social and Economic Components of Better Land Husbandry -- 2.1 CONVENTIONAL SOIL CONSERVATION APPROACH -- 2.1.1 Promotion of Soil Conservation Technologies -- 2.1.2 The Use of Incentives in Soil Conservation Programmes -- 2.1.3 Time to Ask Ourselves a Few Questions -- 2.2 FARMERS' REALITIES -- 2.2.1 Livelihood Strategies -- 2.2.2 Outsiders' Failure to Appreciate Farmers' Realities -- 2.3 PUTTING FARMERS FIRST -- 2.3.1 Changing paradigms -- 2.3.2 Farmer participation -- 2.3.3 Indigenous Knowledge -- 2.4 UNLOCKING THE COMPLEXITY OF FARMERS' REALITIES -- 2.4.1 Grappling with the Challenges of Validity and Reliability -- 2.4.2 Capturing Farmers' Realities: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Tools -- 2.4.3 Research on Better Land Management in Honduras -- 2.5 FARMERS' PRIORITY NEEDS -- 2.5.1 Making Sense of the Complexity -- 2.5.2 Farmers and Soil Loss: Perceptions and Coping Strategies -- 2.5.3 Where Should we be Scratching? -- 2.6 OBSTACLES TO BETTER LAND MANAGEMENT -- 2.6.1 Land and Labour Shortages and Land Management -- 2.6.2 Soil Conservation Technologies and Competing Demands for Land and Labour -- 2.7 FARMERS' RELATIONSHIP WITH OUTSIDERS -- 2.8 TAPPING INTO FARMERS' RESOURCEFULNESS.