Working the Sahel
Subtitle: Environment and Society in Northern Nigeria (Global Environmental Change Series)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 3, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415140966
First sentence: In this chapter, we shall develop a simple model which express the relationship between the key constraints of rainfall, bioproductivity, labour and capital, households' responses to these constraints through managing diversity, flexibility and adaptability, and the outcomes of such management We will outline our method of analysis of the linkages between the management of labour and natural resources, linkages which are the focus of this book.