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Taking the Waters
Johan Aad Dijk
其他書名
Soil and Water Conservation Among Settling Beja Nomads in Eastern Sudan
出版African Studies Centre Leiden, 1995
主題History / Africa / GeneralNature / Natural ResourcesSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture
ISBN18597216219781859721629
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mJUwAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book explores government intervention measures in soil and water conservation (SWC) in a dryland region around the town of Kassala, eastern Sudan. The interventions introduced from the early 1980s onwards were predominantly based on techniques of floodwater-harvesting. Generally, their achievements have remained below expectation. Indigenous SWC applied by settling nomadic Beja groups in the area since the 1950s was therefore considered as an alternative. Indigenous SWC is predominantly based on rainwater-harvesting. It was found that these techniques provide good opportunities to support the livelihoods of the Beja in the short term. However, in the long term subsistence means other than crop production based on indigenous SWC are also required to sustain their living. This is because the environmental conditions in eastern Sudan are insecure.