The New Frontier: A Farmers' Responses to Land Degradation: A West African Study

by Kojo Sebastian Amanor

In many parts of the tropics, intensive, export-oriented monocropping has destroyed both local self-sufficiency and biologically rich and stable environments. The rehabilitation of these savanna regions - as yet relatively neglected by environmentalists - is vital for the success of any strategy for sustainable development. This study focuses on just such a district in Ghana and uncovers the complex factors responsible for environmental degradation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856492427
• ISBN13: 9781856492423
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.