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How do people adapt and survive in the harsh environment of the drought-prone Sahelian region, south of the Sahara desert? This work examines choices facing farmers in this region, and includes a discussion of crop choice, attempts to improve yields, investments in equipment, and the effects of these decisions on family and household organization.

How do people survive and thrive in the uncertain and risk-prone Sahel? Land, Investment, and Migration seeks to answer this question through a long-term study of the people of Dlonguebougou in Central Mali. It uses a combination of infographics, satellite images, interviews, and survey data to present the strategies and fortunes of individuals and their families in this region over 35 years.0In the early 1980s Camilla Toulmin spent two years in Dlonguebougou. She has since revisited to explore how climate change, population growth, new technologies, and land-grabs have been affecting the livelihoods and prospects of local people since. Land, Investment, and Migration: Thirty-five Years of Village Life in Mali brings together her findings. A trebling in population, unpredictable rainfall, and the arrival of Chinese investment have forced people into new ways of making ends meet and building up wealth - some doing much better than others. This book presents the search for new cash incomes, the shift of people from village to town, and the erosion of collective solidarity at household and village levels.0Land, Investment, and Migration presents a mixed picture of a changing society. It shows the vibrancy of the village economy, rapid uptake of mobile phones and solar panels, and increased migration. It also shows the persistence of large family structures which offer some protection from the risks that many villagers face

Climate change is a major challenge for us all, but for African countries it represents a particular threat. This book outlines current thinking and evidence and the impact such change will have on Africa's development prospects

Ressourcenmanagement (in erster Linie Boden) hinsichtlich verbesserter Nahrungssicherheit im Sahel ist nur sinnvoll, wenn vier Annahmen erfüllt sind: (1) Veränderung existierenden Landrechtes stellt hinreichenden Anreiz zur Produktionssteigerung dar. (2) Existenz von angepaßten regionalspezifischen Technologien zur Produktivitätssteigerung. (3) Politischer Wille zur Neu-Allokation von Macht, gemeint ist Dezentralisierung. (4) Keine sich verschlechternden Klimatrends. Die Autorin diskutiert diese Prämissen anhand dreier Fallbeispiele und kommt im wesentlichen zu dem Schluß, daß nirgends alle vier Grundannahmen erfüllt sind. (DÜI-Sth)

Die Fallstudie über 29 Bambara-Großfamilien im Dorf Kala beschreibt Strategien der Ernährungssicherung, die auf besonderen Formen der Arbeitsteilung und Arbeitsorganisation in der Familie beruhen. Wegen der geringen Regenfälle ist die landwirtschaftliche Tätigkeit auf drei Monate begrenzt. In den Trockenperioden müssen andere Erwerbsquellen gesucht werden. Dabei sind größere Familienhaushalte im Vorteil. Gastfreundschaft und gegenseitige Hilfe sind noch verpflichtende Werte. (DÜI-Wsl)

'The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich? or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.'Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Director, Africa '05'This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless, hungry continent. It shows just how?extraordinarily diverse Africa is?and how much it?has changed in the last 20 years.?Full of fresh thinking on?problems that face Africa and new African approaches to development.'Richard Dowden, Director, Royal African SocietyThis ground-breaking book, with a foreword by former President of Ireland (1990?199