Natural resources management on the Niger-Nigerian border: reasons to be cheerful?

Michael Mortimore; Mary Tiffen

Natural resources management on the Niger-Nigerian border: reasons to be cheerful?

2002

Michael Mortimore | Mary Tiffen

Do we understand enough about the impact of demographic change on natural resources management (NRM), farm investment and household income strategies in semi-arid areas? Is eco-disaster around the corner, or does land scarcity encourage investment in productivity-enhancing and land-conserving technologies? How should policy initiatives combine poverty reduction with environmental improvement?

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AGROVOC Keywords

degradation environment income investment livelihoods management markets natural resources natural resources management population

Bibliographic information

Publisher

id21 Development Research Reporting Service

Other Subjects

Agriculture and food.animal production and health; Trade policy.environment.environment and natural resources; Trade policy.environment; Agriculture and food; Livestock niger; Nrm; Rural livelihoods; Trade policy; Huasa