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dc.contributor.authorMortimore, Michael
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Frances
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-07T08:43:49Z
dc.date.available2015-10-07T08:43:49Z
dc.date.issued2005-01-01
dc.identifier.citationMortimore , M & Harris , F 2005 , ' Do small farmers’ achievements contradict the nutrient depletion scenarios for Africa? ' , Land Use Policy , vol. 22 , no. 1 , pp. 43-56 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2003.06.003
dc.identifier.issn0264-8377
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dc.identifier.otherScopus: 7744233525
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/16498
dc.descriptionMichael Mortimore & Frances Harris, 'Do small farmers' achievements contradict the nutrient depletion scenarios for Africa?', Land Use Policy, Vol. 22 (1): 43-56, first published online 5 March 2004. The final, published version is available at doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2003.06.003 Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description.abstractThe dominant narrative of soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa, as expressed in global surveys and policy documents, is compared with long-term data on the productive performance of smallholder farming systems under climatic and demographic stress. Cases at national, district and village/farm scale are considered (Nigeria; Diourbel Region, Senegal; Maradi Department, Niger; the Kano Close-Settled Zone, Nigeria). The dominant narrative is found to fail as a predictor of agricultural performance over the longer term. Instead there is evidence of farmers’ achievements in terms of sustained production, and investments in soil fertility maintenance. However at micro-scale, the constraints affecting farmers’ investments are apparent. The dominant narrative is deficient as a guide to policy, which needs to go beyond the fertiliser debate to take a broader view of soil fertility in relation to rural livelihoods and a need to facilitate private investment in natural resources.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofLand Use Policy
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectsoil fertility
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectnutrient management
dc.subjectsmall farmers
dc.subjectdegradation
dc.subjectlong-term change
dc.titleDo small farmers’ achievements contradict the nutrient depletion scenarios for Africa?en
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionHealth & Human Sciences Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Human and Environmental Sciences
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