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1 Mortimore, M.. 1987. Shifting sands and human sorrow: Social response to drought and desertification. Desertification Control Bulletin, 14:1-13.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1884 Record No: H08322)
2 Tiffen, M.; Mortimore, M.; Gichuki, F. 1994. Population growth and environmental recovery: Policy lessons from Kenya. London, UK: IIED. 26p. (Gatekeeper series no.45)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3652 Record No: H015607)
3 Mortimore, M.; Tiffen, M. 2004. Introducing research into policy: Lessons from district studies of dryland development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Development Policy Review, 22(3):259-285.
Arid zones ; Land development ; Research policy ; Farmers ; Urbanization ; Villages / Africa South of Sahara / Senegal / Kenya / Niger / Nigeria
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H034492)
4 Mortimore, M.. 2003. The future of family farms in West Africa: What can we learn from long-term data? London, UK: IIED. 72p. (IIED issue paper no.119)
Farming ; Population growth ; Agricultural society ; Land development ; Land use ; Food security ; Livestock / West Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6836 Record No: H034562)
5 Mortimore, M.; Harris, F. 2005. Do small farmers’ achievements contradict the nutrient depletion scenarios for Africa? Land use Policy, 22:43-56.
Soil degradation ; Land degradation ; Farming systems ; Soil fertility ; Investment ; Farmers / Africa / Nigeria / Senegal / Niger
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7529 Record No: H038583)
6 Mortimore, M.. 2010. Adapting to drought in the Sahel: lessons for climate change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 1(1):134-143.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H043237)
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The Sahel’s experience of adapting to changes in rainfall on a scale at least comparable to that of climate change scenarios, between the 1960s and the 1990s, suggests that lessons can be learnt that may have a wider utility for policy in the future. The Sahel is a major global agroecological region and its success in adaptation will influence the achievement of the global Millennium Development Goals. From simple typologies of adaptation strategies, our understanding of adaptive capacity has evolved over time (with accumulating observations) into a contextual model which places drought management at the center of a development process. Climate change impacts in future are very uncertain. Policies and interventions should therefore aim to build on the platform of past achievements and existing local knowledge to enable flexibility and diversity and the protection of assets of small-scale farmers and herders.
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