Browsing by Author "Hauck, F.W"

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    FAO/SIDA Regional Seminar on shifting cultivation and soil conservation in Africa, held at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2-21 July 1973
    (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 1973) Hauck, F.W
    This Regional Seminar on Shifting Cultivation and Soil Conservation in Africa has been sponsored by the Swedish International Development Authority; it is hosted by the Federal Government of Nigeria and organized by FAO in close cooperation with the host country. The Seminar also obtains substantive cooperation from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. The Seminar is the answer to numerous recommendations and proposals directed to FAO during the last years by meetings of different types, by countries and persons concerned with the problems of traditional farming in relation to changing requirements. It is not surprising that the need for improvements in this field has always been emphasized most in Africa, although similar problems exist also in Asia and Latin America. At the Seventh FAO Regional Conference for Africa, held at Libreville, Gabon, in September 1972, concern was expressed by several delegates that reduction in soil fertility and soil degradation, particularly aggravated by reduced fallow rotation cycles, had reached critical extents. While recognizing that the problems involved were complex and that their solution demanded a long-term approach, the Conference supported the forthcoming FAC Seminar on Shifting Cultivation and Soil Conservation in Africa.
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    Possibilities for assistance by FAO
    (Fosbrooke, 1973) Hauck, F.W
    In FAO’s short and medium term plans, the seriousness and magnitude of the problems of soil conservation and traditional forms of land use emphasizes the need for accelerated and continuing action programmers aimed at the restoration of lands which have been eroded, and the establishment of preventive conservation measures to combat the potential danger of soil degradation through erosion. New conservation techniques will be continuously developed which are adaptable to different and changing erosion conditions and conservation needs in different countries. Other soil conservation programs will emphasize the implementation of practical and effective soil conservation legislation to promote agricultural development compatible with wise land use, and the study of the effects of shifting cultivation on agricultural production in face of the intensified population pressure. FAO’s activities in soil development are organized in the Field Programs and the Regular Programme.The Field Programme works through field projects in cooperation with counterpart organizations in the recipient countries and is financed essentially by the United Nations Development Programme and Trust Funds. There are: large scale projects including 5 to 8 FAO experts plus a number of consultants and lasting 5 or more years; small scale projects including 1 to 3 experts usually dealing with specific problems; short term missions consisting of 1 to 3 specialists and assisting countries, for instance, in preparing a plan for soil development.