The political ecology of agricultural history in Ghana

XII, 168 S.

Kt.

26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1. Political ecology: theoretical and international issuesChapter 1. Political ecology, its roots and complements, and international environmental issues -- Chapter 2. The physical bases of traditional agriculture in West Africa -- Part 2. Ghana as a case study -- Chapter 3. Traditional agriculture in the per-colonial period -- Chapter 4. The colonial period and the agricultural transition to cash cropping -- Part 3. The post-independence period and the impact of development models on agricultural and environmental systems in Ghana -- Chapter 5. Development planning in the 1950s and 1960s: industrialisation and agricultural modification -- Chapter 6. The period of socio-economic decline: 1970 to 1984 -- Chapter 7. Environmental policy and institutions in the 1980s and 1990s -- Chapter 8. Gender issues and agro-environmental systems in Ghana -- Conclusions.

Part 1. Political ecology: theoretical and international issues -- Chapter 1. Political ecology, its roots and complements, and international environmental issues -- Chapter 2. The physical bases of traditional agriculture in West Africa -- Part 2. Ghana as a case study -- Chapter 3. Traditional agriculture in the per-colonial period -- Chapter 4. The colonial period and the agricultural transition to cash cropping -- Part 3. The post-independence period and the impact of development models on agricultural and environmental systems in Ghana -- Chapter 5. Development planning in the 1950s and 1960s: industrialisation and agricultural modification -- Chapter 6. The period of socio-economic decline: 1970 to 1984 -- Chapter 7. Environmental policy and institutions in the 1980s and 1990s -- Chapter 8. Gender issues and agro-environmental systems in Ghana -- Conclusions.

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