Land and environmental degradation and desertification in Africa

Table of Contents

Issues and options for sustainable economic development with transformation by

Prof. S.C. Nana-Sinkam of the Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division

The views expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and/or the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

February 1995

Contents

Introduction

The issue

The magnitude of the problem
Responses to the impacts of land and environmental degradation and desertification

1. At the technical level
2. At the farmer level
3. At the national level
4. At the international level

Sustainability, accounting for natural resources and environmental degradation

1. What is it?
2. Sustainability and population factor
3. Sustainability and technological factor
4. Sustainability and affluence factor
5. Sustainability and economic measurement
6. Sustainable development and developing countries
7. Accounting for natural resources and environmental degradation

Successes and failures
Harvesting water and environmental sustainability: the long term and lasting solution to land degradation the case of Tigray

1. The option
2. The new approach
3. Sustainable agriculture and environmental rehabilitation in Tigray region

Conclusion
References