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A Development Plan for Semi-Arid Areas in Western Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Martin E. Adams
Martin E. Adams
Affiliation:
Hunting Technical Services, Elstree Way, Borehamwood
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Summary

This paper, concerned with agricultural development planning problems in the Sahelian and Sudanian (semi-desert and savanna) zones in Africa between 10 and 16° North, describes a plan for Darfur, Western Sudan. This aims to modernize a stagnant and primitive technology and out-dated land rights which, in the face of rapid population increase and climatic change, are reducing the long-term carrying capacity of the land. The development plan (H.T.S., 1974) has been based on a 2-year (1972–73) survey by a team of physical and social scientists, financed by the Overseas Development Administration of the United Kingdom and the Ministry of Agriculture in the Sudan.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1975 , pp. 277 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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