abusiveSee also abusive relationships, 205, 214, 234

access to safe water, 1, 150

Africa, 1, 3, 7, 10–14, 17–19, 21, 35–36, 49, 93, 95–96, 184–185, 196, 227–228, 256, 267–268, 270–279, 285–290, 292–293, 296–297, 299–302, 306–307, 309–310, 312–327

age set, 134–136

agricultural

activities, 29, 86, 137, 179, 181, 188–191, 255–256

labor force, 196

potential, 43

production, 73, 89, 190, 216, 254

agricultureSee also subsistence agriculture, 19, 22–23, 28–29, 43, 48–49, 90, 95, 156, 181, 196, 198, 217, 221, 235, 254

agrochemicals, 29

agroecological zones, 43, 46–47

agropastoralists, 48

alluvial plains, 23, 45–46

ancestors, 72, 100, 102–105, 126, 129, 134, 190

ancestral spirits, 52, 100–103, 105, 113–114, 116, 121, 126, 128, 130, 236

animal watering, 34, 110, 121, 155, 159

annual renewable water resources (ARWR), 10

aquifer, 20–21, 173

arable land, 22, 42

aridSee also semi-arid, 10–11, 19–20, 36, 43, 46, 107, 284, 310

associations, 3, 36, 41, 90, 181, 184, 255–256

attitudes, 76, 229

Bariadi district, 5, 27, 44, 46–49, 51–52, 54, 71–72, 74, 79–81, 87, 96, 99, 107–108, 111, 113, 115–116, 118, 132, 143, 148, 150, 152–154, 156, 165, 170, 173–174, 176, 180, 188, 202, 220, 224–225, 232, 236, 239–242, 244, 246–247, 250, 254, 260, 263

Bible, 218

blood relationships, 122

boreholes, 20, 136, 154, 263

bounded rational, 58

breadwinners, 216–217, 220

bride price, 51, 175, 205–206, 215–216, 218

bucket, 109, 146, 154, 210–211, 235

bylaws, 3, 6, 29–30, 39, 149–150, 161, 172, 249

cash-crop production, 182, 220

catchment, 28, 37, 39, 41

cattle, 50–51, 73, 163, 236, 284, 310

diseases, 125

herd, 43

raids, 129