Rural populations living in the drylands of the Sahel and the Horn of Africa face many biophysical and socio-economic challenges including important water stress exacerbated by climate change, declining soil fertility, increased deforestation and degradation due to agricultural expansion, rapid population increase, charcoal production and poverty.
Publication year
2020
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
rural population, water management, food security, economic development
Geographic
Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia, Kenya
