CHAPTER 1: The concept of development

Rostow?s Model Of economic growth The concept of development Characteristics of underdevelopment Millennium development goals (MDGs) The human development index (HDI) Classification of nation in terms of development levels Indicators of less industrialized countries The cycle of poverty Economic activities

CHAPTER 2 : Agriculture

Importance of agriculture Farming as a system Types of farming Method of intensive subsistence Problems accounted in pastoral nomadism Characteristics of dairy farming Importance of the activity Factors affecting shifting cultivation Factors affecting livestock ranching in the grassland Problems of livestock ranching The Von Thunen Agricultural land use model Green Revolution Some problems of tropical agriculture in Cameroon

CHAPTER 3 : Resource and exploitation

Problems affecting world?s forest today Resources World forest distribution Characteristics of the temperate hard wood forest Method of timber exploitation Factors affecting timber exploitation in the temperate forest Environmental consequences of deforestation Why conserving the forest (environmental and economic impact of forest conservation) Methods of conservation and management Management of forest resources in Cameroon Methods of exploitation Stages in exploitation Importance of timber exploitation