Partially annotated bibliography

A total of 1045 references are included, 561 of them with annotations from various sources. Most are dated from 1960-1980, and cover materials relating to ten countries: Benin, Camaroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Burkina Faso. The literature cited is predominantly socioeconomic in nature, and mainly concerns rainfed crops. Livestock and irrigation are considered only in the context of their interactions with rainfed crop production. The literature is arranged by topic, author, and country and cross-referencing has been employed. Topics include: methodology; external institutions; community structure; norms and beliefs; land; labor; capital and cash flows; goals and management; crops; livestock; level of living; village-level studies; and bibliographic studies. Some of the semi-formally published documents cited were acquired by the authors and are available for reference in the ICRISAT library, in Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India. (Author abstract, modified)