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M Toure - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Pat Caldwell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Rapid Population Growth and fragile environments the sub saharan african and south asian experience
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1994
    Co-Authors: John C Caldwell, Pat Caldwell
    Abstract:

    Case studies of the worlds two poorest regions sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia were used to illustrate the compromised standard of living of the poor and environmental damage due to continued Rapid Population Growth. The conclusion was that the livelihoods of the poor should not be endangered for preserving the living standards of richer people. Nations must not ignore the challenges of reducing Population Growth as fast as can be achieved. The transitional period over the next 50 years is the main concern because Population Growth rates will be slowing. Rural Population Growth is expected to decline from 60% of total Population Growth in South Asia to 7% between 2000 and 2025; similarly the decline in sub-Saharan Africa would be from 50% to 15%. Over the past 30 years food production in South Asia has kept pace with Population Growth. Sub-Saharan Africa has adopted food importation to meet demand. African problems are a low resource base faster Population Growth and the fact that governments and individuals are too poor to maintain soil fertility. Long-term studies of how much soil depletion will occur are not available for these regions and local area studies are not as pessimistic. Transition policies are needed to put "people first in terms of engineered or directed Population and ecological change." The six main issues are the following: 1) the Brundtland Commission appropriately identified poverty as the main cause and effect of environmental degradation because of the threat to survival; 2) the verdict is still out about whether food production will keep pace with Population Growth through economic Growth and investment in agriculture; 3) empirical research is needed to examine local social and regulatory institutions and the possibility of reinforcing these mechanisms rather than instituting central controls; 4) central coercion or modernizing economic policies can destroy local level controls; 5) famine is a complex ecological phenomenon and the product of political mismanagement and civil disorder; 6) deforestation is as important an issue as protection of the livelihoods of forest Populations. Case studies were provided for Ekiti district of Nigeria the West and East African Savannahs Karnataka state in South India arid South Asia and Nepal. The protection of the most fragile environments subject to Population pressure can be managed with respect for human dignity through general economic development and external assistance.

Gerardfrancois Dumont - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Alemayehu Worku - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • examining perceptions of Rapid Population Growth in north and south gondar zones northwest ethiopia
    Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, 2010
    Co-Authors: Getu Degu Alene, Alemayehu Worku
    Abstract:

    Ethiopia is one of the most populous countries in Africa and ranks second only to Nigeria. Rapid Population Growth has hampered the country's development, making the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger difficult. This study which had two components—quantitative and qualitative—was aimed at exploring the perceptions of women and other social groups on the prevailing Population pressures. The quantitative study involved 3,512 women aged 15–49 years. The qualitative study consisted of five focus-group discussions and six key-informant interviews. Over 90% of women (n=3,512) who participated in the quantitative study and nearly all the focus-group discussants and interviewees (n=39) felt that something should be done to keep the Population from growing too fast. Most (over 90%) participants approved of the Government passing a law regarding the maximum number of children that a couple should have. It is, therefore, timely for the responsible bodies to exert maximum effort and commitment in responding to the emerging attitudes of the people by making the Population problem a priority.

Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.