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Title: | Development, Drought, and Famine in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia |
Author: | Kloos, Helmut |
Year: | 1982 |
Periodical: | African Studies Review |
Volume: | 25 |
Issue: | 4 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 21-48 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
Subjects: | political economy famine droughts Drought and Desertification Development and Technology Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Health and Nutrition |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/524399 |
Abstract: | It is becoming increasingly clear that drought and famine do not always reflect cause-effect relationships and that the two may coexist independently and often become linked only through politico-economic conditions. The objective of this paper is to examine the interaction of physico-environmental and politico-economic factors contributing to the recurrence of drought since 1973 in the Awash Valley, where four pastoralist groups live, the Afar, Kereyu, Arsi and Jile Oromo. Sections: the Awash Valley and its indigenous population - development and drought in the Awash Valley - rainfall and river flooding - morbidity and mortality - responses to drought and famine. Fig. map, notes, ref. |