The
development problems and prospects of semi-arid areas in eastern Africa
Abstract
Kiros,
F. G. [Fassil G. Kiros] (ed.)
Proceedings of workshop. OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1980. x+371p.
Eastern African Social Science Consultative Group Workshop on the Problems and
Prospects of Semi-Arid Areas, Nazareth (Ethiopia), 9-13 April 1980.
Compilation
of papers presented to, including the discussion that followed thereupon, the
Eastern African Social Science Consultative Group workshop that was held under
the theme of problems of and prospects for development in arid and semi-arid
areas in East Africa. The workshop was organized in seven different sessions.
The papers are titled: "Desertification in Africa: A result of reduced
resilience of arid ecosystems", "Ecological problems and prospects of
semi-arid areas in Ethiopia", "Climatic characteristics and life
patterns in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia", "Problems and prospects of
arid and semi-arid environments in Kenya", "The development of Kenya's
arid and semi-arid areas: Problems and prospects", "The management of
environmental degradation in semi-arid Botswana", "Prospects of
irrigation agriculture in semi-arid areas of Tanzania", "The role of
sorghum in alleviating the food production problems in semi-arid areas of
Ethiopia", "Problems of political and administrative participation in
a semi-arid area of Uganda", "Transportation as a development
constraint in agricultural production: A theoretical expose and application in
the semi-arid areas of Tanzania", "Focus on development prospects in
agricultural transportation in semi-arid areas", "The challenge of
tree development in the arid and semi-arid areas of East Africa with emphasis on
appropriate methodology", "Institutional changes and environmental
impacts in semi-arid regions: The case of Botswana", "The state, and
traditional responses to drought among the Tswana", "The
socio-political impact of semi-arid ecology: The case of the Horn of
Africa", "Production strategies under semi-arid conditions: The case
of Ngabu farmers in the Lower Shire valley, Malawi", and "The impact
of limiting fuel wood utilization rates and deforestation in a semi-arid
environment: Kenya".