Klappentext: A series of case studies revealing how the indigenous people of Africa are coping with the local environment by using a number of methods such as soil conservation, diversification, pastoral systems, irrigation projects and innovative crop-growing strategies.

Die Studie untersucht die Implikationen der Interventionen internationaler Agenturen im ländlichen Raum von Burkina Faso. Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele zeigt der Autor, wie sich im Zusammenspiel von Nichtregierungsorganisationen mit Frauenorganisationen, Projekten des Ressourcenmanagements,...

Food security as a global and African problem -- Low input technologies -- The UK paradigm and an alternative strategy -- How much land do you need? -- Hunger as a fatal strategy : a Zambian case study -- Smoothing out the bumps in food security -- Why do projects fail? What could work? --...