Hazards and Opportunities: Farming Livelihoods in Dryland Africa: Lessons from Zimbabwe

By Ian Scoones

Climatic variability, poor soils and increasing resource pressures are undermining people's ability to make a living in the drylands of Africa. Yet they continue to respond to these pressures by innovating and managing risks and uncertainties in creative ways. This book explores how such processes can besupported and the policies needed to ensure sustainable livelihoods in Africa's drylands.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0052T557M
• ISBN13: 9781856493543
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 267 Pages