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Development Dialogue - Rainwater harvesting in Turkana (Paperback)
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Development Dialogue - Rainwater harvesting in Turkana (Paperback)
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Loot Price R477
Discovery Miles 4 770
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The African Sahel has one of the poorest regional economies in the
world. Within it pastoralists are particularly vulnerable because
development policy has often failed to address local concerns. By
contrast, the Turkana rainwater harvesting project described in
this book stands out in its simplicity - a basic water conservation
technology based on priorities identified by local people, adapted
by them, and in which local pastoralists and gardeners take full
responsibility for the control and administration of their work.
The authors illustrate the project's progress through a series of
descriptive scenes which discuss the successes and learning
experiences. The whole process, covering the years 1984 to 1990,
was one of continuous dialogue between western technological
principles and experience, and local observation and knowledge -
resulting in a successful learning process promising to empower
local people to better cope with economic pressures and the harsh
environment. Written and designed for development workers, farmers
and agricultural fieldworkers, researchers and extensionists, as
well as project planners and advisors, this companion to Rainwater
Harvesting has lessons in participatory techniques for all those
engaged in projects involving development agencies and local
people.
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