Population, Health and Nutrition in the Sahel - Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities

Informationen zum Autor Allan G. Hill Zusammenfassung A collection of studies that describes some contemporary problems of selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of the West African Sahel. It illustrates several important features of the Sahel, including the role of traditional systems of social and economic organisation in providing some support during periods of need. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Issues in the study of the Demography of Sahelian Pastoralists and Agro-pastoralists 2. The Recent Demographic Surveys in Mali and their main Findings 3. The Enumeration of Nomads and Semi-Nomads: Methodology and Selected Results from the 1976 Census of Mali 4. A Demographic Profile of the Fulani and Central Mali with Special Emphasis on Infant and Child Mortality 5. Demographic Characteristics and Trends Amongst the Nomads of Mauritania 6. Mixed Herding and the Demographic Parameters of Domestic Animals in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones of Tropical Africa 7. Land Tenure Practice and Development Problems in Mali 8. The Reluctant Spouse and the Illegitimate Slave 9. Child Mortality and the Care of Children in Rural Mali 10. Nutrition Amongst a Group of WoDaaBe Pastoralists in Niger 11. Preliminary Findings on the Diet and Nutritional Status of Some Tamasheq and Fulani groups in the Niger Delta of Central Mali 12. Assessing the Components of Seasonal Stress Amongst Fulani of the Seno-Mango, Central Mali 13. Design of a Food Intake Study in two Bambara Villages in the Ségou Region of Mali with Preliminary Findings 14. The Health of Nomads and Semi-Nomads of the Malian Gourma 15. The World Fertility Survey

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• Authors: Allan G. Hill, HILL ALLAN G
• Assisted by: Allan G. Hill (Editor), Hill Allan G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2010
• EAN: 9780415592857
• ISBN: 978-0-415-59285-7
• No. of pages: 434
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development; Routledge Library Editions: Development
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Development Studies