With poor economic growth and pervasive social problems, poverty and pressures on natural resources, particularly in fragile areas, seem destined to worsen. As governments and aid agencies confront the increasingly urgent need to develop a broad range of fragile lands in Africa, there is a need for a new consensus on how this can best be achieved. Developing an effective strategy for moving forward necessitates an evaluation of past and recent experiences in developing fragile lands and a synthesis of the lessons learned. The participants of the International Conference explored various strategies for sustainable resource management and poverty alleviation in the fragile lands of Sub-Saharan Africa with the objective of contributing toward balanced agricultural growth and food security. The conference papers and posters contained in this volume address development strategies for fragile lands in Sub-Saharan Africa, accompanying methodologies for these strategies, institutional and technology options for alleviating poverty and improving resource management, and impact evaluation of policies for fragile lands.
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