African Environmental Crisis - 9780367432614

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African Environmental CrisisA History of Science for Development\nAuthor(s): Gufu Oba\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367432614, 978-0367432614\nSynopsis\nThis book explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse. From the beginnings of imperial administration, the idea of the desiccation of African environments grew in popularity, but this crisis discourse was dominated by the imposition of imperial scientific knowledge, neglecting indigenous knowledge and experience.\n\nAfrican Environmental Crisis\n\nprovides a synthesis of more than one-and-a-half centurys research on peasant agriculture and pastoral rangeland development in terms of soil erosion control, animal husbandry, grazing schemes, large-scale agricultural schemes, social and administrative science research.