Development Dialogue: Rainwater Harvesting in Turkana

by Arnold Pacey and Adrian Cullis

Book Overview

The African Sahel has one of the poorest regional economies in the world. Within it pastoralists are particularly vulnerable because development policy has often failed to address local concerns. By contrast, the Turkana rainwater harvesting project described in this book stands out in its simplicity - a basic water conservation technology based on priorities identified by local people, adapted by them, and in which local pastoralists and gardeners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853391042
• ISBN13: 9781853391040
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"