Niger Bookshelf: A Selected Bibliography on Agriculture in the West African Semi-Arid Tropics

摘要

The NIGER BOOKSHELF consists of a collection of documents relevant to the study of agriculture in the semi-arid conditions characteristics of Niger. The collection centers primarily on Niger as a way to provide a service to Purdue researchers currently involved in the Niger Applied Agricultural Research Project. The collection may also serve as background material for those students interested in agricultural problems in the Sahel. All documents currently collected are written in French or the majority in English. Items are classified in various categories which are: Geography and Climatology; Country and Sector Studies by country and year; Annual Reports Research Organizations; Farming Systems (descriptive); Dryland Agronomy; Dryland Crop Production Economics; Irrigated Agronomy; Irrigated Crop Production Economics; Livestock and Animal Traction; Resource Economics; Marketing; Finance and Credit; Extension; Mission Reports, Project Documents; Food Policy; and Drafts, Proposals, Prospectus of work in progress.