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Another kind of "Green Revolution"
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2009
Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Burkina Faso, Niger
A farmer-managed, agroenvironmental transformation has occurred over the past three decades in the West African Sahel, enabling both land rehabilitation and agricultural intensification to support a dense and growing population. This paper traces the technical and institutional innovations, their impacts, and lessons learned from two successful examples. The first is the story of the improvement and replication of indigenous soil and water conservation practices across the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso.