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1 Nyerges, A. E. (Ed.) 1997. The ecology of practice: Studies of food crop production in Sub-Saharan West Africa. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Gordon and Breach Publishers. 259p. (Food and nutrition in history and anthropology, volume 12)
Agricultural economics ; Agricultural production ; Productivity ; Food production ; Food security ; Social aspects ; Rice ; Rain ; Drought ; Farming systems ; Ecology ; Land use ; Land tenure ; Agricultural society ; Labor ; Households ; Wetlands ; Rural economy ; Rural sociology ; Social organization ; Villages ; Rural women ; Female labor ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Mauritania / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Sahel / Senegal River / Gola Forest / Casamance River / Thially
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G110 NYE Record No: H023026)
2 Thioubou, A. 2000. Integrated management of water resources in the Sahel countries: Relevance, constraints and ways of improvement: Case study of Senegal. In Mehrotra, R.; Soni, B.; Bhatia, K. K. S. (Eds.), Integrated water resources management for sustainable development - Volume 1. Roorkee, India: National Institute of Hydrology. pp.638-647.
Water resource management ; Water scarcity ; Case studies ; Rain ; Surface water ; Groundwater potential ; Aquifers ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Water policy ; Legal aspects ; Institutional constraints ; Political aspects ; Poverty ; Social aspects / Senegal / Sahel / Dakar / Senegal River / Gambia River / Casamance River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 MEH Record No: H028083)
3 Barry, Boubacar. 2009. Development of mangrove paddy fields in Casamance southern Senegal. Nature and Faune, 24(1):96-102.
Mangroves ; Estuaries ; Paddy fields ; Rice ; Dams ; Salinity control / Africa / Senegal / Casamance River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042701)
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Mangroves areas in Casamance have been traditionally used for rice growing, fishing, fish culture, shell picking and wood. Senegal has been affected by drought since 1963 and this has had an adverse effect on the mangroves leading to a decrease in the total area. Intensification of agriculture and increasing population pressure has resulted in increased erosion and siltation. Given the shortage of rainfall due to recurrent droughts over the last three decades, one can easily observe a tendency towards increased salinity of soils and the underlying water table. Site development has become the only solution to the salt intrusion problem since early 1970s.The present paper focuses on the different types of site development such as the traditional polder and anti-small dams and their role in increasing rice production.
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