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Group discussions: planning of research activities. Component II. Theme: summary of current knowledge. Land use systems in the Sahel: Directions of change in the era of droughts (1970 =>) Identification of major driving forces Description of plausible future scenarions.
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Group discussions: planning of research activities Component II
Theme: summary of current knowledge Land use systems in the Sahel: Directions of change in the era of droughts (1970 =>) Identification of major driving forces Description of plausible future scenarions
Proposed additional key words • Tenure • Pastoral systems • Water ressources • Forestry • Agro silvo pastoral • Land use conflicts
Criteria for type of documents that we will include • Broad range of types, including grey literature • Determined by the information centres sources
Information sources proposed to be consulted Niger Agrhymet; Lasdel; IRSH; Agronomie; lettres Burkina Faso INERA; CIRD; CILSS; University of Ouagadougou; ALG Senegal Danemark English scientific journals
Result to be delivered • List of relevant publications • Map of sites studied (if relevant) • Short description of main findings of each publication and (if available) electronic version of abstract • Identification of issues identified in the publication as factors of change, when applicable (following the conceptual templates provided by the land use literature (driving forces) an the historical timeline diagram proposed by Cheikh (french versions to be provided by Anette)
Time line and responsible Material to be finished by November 2010 • Niger: Ibrahim Bouzou Moussa • Burkina Faso: INERA and UoO master • Senegal: ?? • Denmark: Anette Reenberg
Already available material • What do you know of documents that provide relevant regional/national overviews • Obvious sources for regional mapping of key factors (e.g population, migration, crop-area, livestock numbers, etc..)