This volume is a compendium of papers presented at the " Workshop on Desertification Control and Renewable Resource Management " held in Oslo, Norway in June 1986. The main objective of the workshop was to develop workable guidelines for addressing the problem of resource depletion in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of West Africa. Major policy areas covered include land tenure, water management, household energy use, production systems and migration. The contributors have attempted to describe how existing control and incentive schemes can be modified to encourage the establishment of sustainable resource management in those areas, and to define the political, institutional and economic responsibilities involved