relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/3706/
title: Changes in West African Savanna agriculture in response to growing population and continuing low rainfall
creator: Vierich, H I D
creator: Stoop, W A
subject: Others
description: Changes in village farming systems brough about by population growth and continuing low rainfall, are described for the three main agro-ecological zones in Burkina Faso. The toposequential landuse and cropping patterns were used as the basis for a model, which describes the long-term ecological degradation from declining proportions of fallow land and over-cropping. The implications of these changes for land tenure systems have also been considered. The result provide a human and ecological setting for th current land degradation problem in the West African savanna and thereby indicate possible directions and priorities for future agricultural research.
publisher: Elsevier
date: 1990
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/3706/1/JA_645.pdf
identifier:   Vierich, H I D and Stoop, W A  (1990) Changes in West African Savanna agriculture in response to growing population and continuing low rainfall.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 31 (2).  pp. 115-132.  ISSN 0167-8809     
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-8809(90)90214-X