The Future is an Ancient Lake: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Lake Chad Basin EcosystemsThis art book contains over 350 color photographs by Marzio Marzot, documenting information on traditional food production systems, scientific details and notes from a journey through one of the world' s outstanding region: the Lake Chad Basin in Africa. It provides an insight into the life and customs of the local farmers, fishermen and pastoralists who foster, maintain and utilize biodiversity in their traditional agricultural systems, thereby deploying the knowledge and techniques that they have accumulated over many centuries. FAO promotes the sharing of experiences and awareness related to the role of rural people in conserving and sustainably using agricultural biodiversity. Building on the local knowledge and social organization of farmers is indispensable. The images in this book are a tribute to the knowledge and work of farmers and their care for the land. |
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adapted Africa agricultural ANCIENT LAKE animals Arab atroun biodiversity birds BLANGOUA breed Buduma Calotropis Cameroon cereal CFAF CHARI RIVER conservation crops cultivated dams DIFFA dihé drought dry season DUM DUM dum palm Echinochloa economic ecosystem approach elephants environment environmental farmers farming feed fish fisheries fishermen FLOATING ISLANDS flooded floodplains fluctuations food security FUTURE genetic resources goats grains grasses grasslands grazing harvested herders herds households important irrigation ISLAND BOL Kanem Kanembu km² Kouri cattle KOUSSERI kreb Lake Chad Basin Lake Fitri LELEWA livestock LIWA MALAM FATORI meat milk millet N'Djamena N'GUIGMI NIGER Nigeria Nile monitor nomadic open waters Panicum pastoral pastoralists percent Peul plants polder population production Prosopis protected areas protein quelea rainfall RAINFED rainy season recessional land region Royaume Sahel Sahelian seeds shore soils sorghum species Spirulina sustainable tonnes traditional tree varieties vegetation VILLAGE N'GUIGMI wadis WAZA NATIONAL PARK wetlands wild wildlife zebu