WETLAND CHARACTERIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Sub-Regional Office for East and Southern Africa (SAFR)
Harare, 1998

FAO SAFR 1998


Table of Contents

List of acronyms

Acknowledgements

PART I: Background information and recommendations of the consultation

Background

Objectives of the consultation

Attendance

Arrangements

Recommendations of the Consultation

Summary of the Working Groups discussions and recommendations

PART II: Country papers presented at the consultation

BURUNDI            Etienne Kayengayenge and Cyprien Ndayegamiye 
KENYA                  S.P.M. Kiai  and G.M. Mailu 
MOZAMBIQUE  Rui Brito, F. Gomes, J. Mafalacusser and M.R. Marques, 
RWANDA             Sam G. Kanyarukiga and Vincent Ngarambe 
TANZANIA          G.M. Kalinga and Edith Shayo 
UGANDA             Paul Mafabi and Frank Akena 
ZAMBIA               I. Akayombokwa and Nawa Mukanda 
ZIMBABWE         I.M. Mharapara, M.D. Munema and R. Mkwanda 

PART III: Resource papers presented at the consultation

Use of agro-ecological zones and resource management domains for sustainable management of African wetlands
Parviz Koohafkan, Freddy Nachtergaele and Jacques Antoine 

 

Mapping and characterizing inland valley agro-ecosystems: The case of West Africa

Wim Andriesse  

 

Hydrological strategy to develop and manage African wetland resources for sustainable agricultural use
Andrew Bullock, Kevin Gilman, Matthew McCartney, Dominic Waughray, Ken Blyth, Anthony Andrews 

 

Factors affecting wetland rice production and the classification of wetlands for agricultural production
Van Nguu Nguyen  

Ramsar wetland classification: implications on the conservation and wise use of wetlands in Africa
Tom Kabii 

 

The consortium for the sustainable development of inland valley agro-ecosystems: a tool for regional cooperation (Inland Valley Consortium)

Lamourdia Thiombiano, Jean-Yves Jamin, Pieter Windmeijer 

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1: List of participants

ANNEX 2: Opening addresses

ANNEX 3: Agenda of the consultation

ANNEX 4: Summary of the presentation of the country papers and of the Inland Valley Consortium