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As a result of deforestation, annual bush burning, overgrazing and intensive cultivation, most tropical forests have changed to derived savanna in many West African states. This change in vegetation has led to a decrease in rainfall and a change in many climatic conditions. Erosion problems have increased, soil fertility has declined in arable land and the soils have become compacted. Successive droughts...