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.

The importance of the prehistoric migration of anatomically modern humans from Africa for comparative economic development has been the focus of a vibrant research agenda in the past decade. This influential literature has attracted the attention of some scholars from other disciplines, and in...

The importance of the prehistoric migration of anatomically modern humans from Africa for comparative economic development has been the focus of a vibrant research agenda in the past decade. This influential literature has attracted the attention of some scholars from other disciplines, and in...