Managing food shortages in Central Tanzania

Vulnerability, hunger and famine

Auteur :
SCHMIED, D.

Description :
This case study adopts a long-term perspective and depicts the changes of indigenous and exogenous famine-coping strategies among the Gogo, an ethnic group in semi-arid central Tanzania, over a time-span of one and half centuries. The A. tries to give insights into the continuity and adaptability of human reactions to a persistent problem under changing socio-economic circumstances.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
GeoJournal, issn : 0343-2521, 1993, vol. 30, n°. 2, p. 153-158, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 15 réf.

Date :
1993

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Heidelberg, Springer