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| Title: | Women and Desertification: Tillers of the Land, Keepers of Knowledge |
| Author: | Made, Patricia A. |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Periodical: | SAFERE: Southern African Feminist Review (ISSN 1024-9451) |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | January |
| Pages: | 32-38 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Subsaharan Africa Africa |
| Subjects: | women droughts land use agricultural land Cultural Roles agriculture Sex Roles Environment, Ecology desertification agricultural production |
| Abstract: | The declining quality of land in Africa is one of the most crucial environmental problems facing the continent. Desertification and changing farming practices are inextricably linked to the growing poverty and underdevelopment which continues to plague the continent. Desertification is not just the advancing of the desert. It is the process of deforestation, soil erosion, aridization (or persistent drought) and the loss of genetic diversity of flora and fauna. Since land is the major source of livelihood for women in sub-Saharan Africa, African women are the most affected by desertification and deforestation. The UN has recognized the important role of women not only in the process of national development but also in ensuring equitable development for all. The environmental blueprint for the 21st century, Agenda 21, has a special chapter and programme area on women. If countries in the subregion are to achieve sustainable development for future generations, the experiences of women have to be taken into account when it comes to environmental decisionmaking and management. Ref. |