a ISBN 0-521-44252-4

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number S600.7.D76

b Item number D76 1994

a Dewey Classification 333.76/137

a Title Drought follows the plow :

b Remainder of title cultivating marginal areas /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Michael H. Glantz.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Cambridge [England] ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York, NY, USA :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Cambridge University Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1994.

a Extent xviii, 197 p. :

b Other physical details ill., maps ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-194) and index.

a Formatted contents note pt. 1. Drought, desertification and food production / Michael H. Glantz -- Drought -- Desertification -- Food production: the role of marginal lands -- Cultivating the dry margins -- pt. 2. Case studies and conclusions -- The West African Sahel / Michael H. Glantz -- Somalia / Jörg Janzen -- The Brazilian Nordeste (Northeast) / Antonio Magalhães and Pennie Magee -- The dry regions of Kenya / David Campbell -- Australia / R. Les Heathcote -- Ethiopia / James McCann -- Northwest Africa / Will Swearingen -- The Virgin lands scheme in the former Soviet Union / Igor Zonn, Michael H. Glantz and Alvin Rubinstein -- South Africa / Coleen Vogel -- Is the stork outrunning the plow? / Michael H. Glantz.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Droughts

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculturally marginal lands

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Meteorology Agricultural

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculture

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nature

a Personal name Glantz Michael H