Issues in sustainable land use and management in the rain forest belt of Sub-Saharan Africa

The practise of agriculture depends on land-use and resource allocation. For the subsistence farmer resource endowment and management capacity are low, the framework of land-use is viewed therefore, to have a short-term planning horizon as little attention is paid to the status and management of their agricultural land. However, allocation, use and management of a resource like land requires quality maintenance and resource-use efficiency, which is a pivot of sustainability, built within the paradigm of social, economical, cultural and environmental dimensions. This paper therefore, seeks to elucidate relevant issues in sustainable agricultural land-use and management with a view to creating better awareness to Sub-Saharan African peasant farmers. [JEXT Vol.3 2002: 16-20