Mortimore, Michael, 1937-

Working the Sahel environment and society in northern Nigeria / [electronic resource] : Michael Mortimore and William M. Adams. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1999. - xiii, 231 p. : ill., maps. - Routledge research global environmental change series ; 2 . - Routledge research global environmental change series ; 2. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-220) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Diversity, flexibility and adaptability -- 3. Four communities, four systems -- 4. Negotiating the rain -- 5. Working nature -- 6. Making the land work harder -- 7. When farmers are not farming -- 8. Women, children and the house -- 9. Understanding inequality -- 10. Managing the managers.




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Human ecology--Sahel.
Desertification--Sahel.
Desert ecology--Sahel.


Sahel--Social conditions.
Sahel--Environmental conditions.


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