Waiting for Rain : : Agriculture and Ecological Imbalance in Cape Verde / / Timothy J. Finan, Mark Langworthy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Langworthy, Mark,; Finan, Timothy J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Map of Cape Verde --; 1 Sustainability in a Fragile Environment: An Introduction --; 2 Public and Private Resource Management: A Methodological Approach --; 3 The Natural Resource Endowment --; 4 Characteristics of Cape Verdean Rural Society --; 5 Rainfed Agriculture --; 6 Irrigated Agriculture --; 7 Household Management Strategies --; 8 Agriculture and Policy Choice --; 9 Conclusions: The Future of Agriculture in Cape Verde --; References --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685856175; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685856175
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Timothy J. Finan, Mark Langworthy.

The authors explore the struggle for self-sufficient food security in Cape Verde, the tension between agricultural production and natural resource sustainability, and the appropriate role of government policy in food production and natural resource management.