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
PART I: Background information and recommendations of the consultation
Objectives of the consultation
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
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
Lamourdia
Thiombiano, Jean-Yves Jamin, Pieter Windmeijer
ANNEXES
ANNEX 3: Agenda of the consultation
ANNEX 4: Summary of the presentation of the country papers and of the Inland Valley Consortium