Dryland development: Success stories from West Africa

Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-21

  Mortimore, Michael ^a  

^a Drylands Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DESERT; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INVESTMENT; LAND BIOME; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 11244331985     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/ENVT.47.1.8-21     Document Type: Article

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