Transhumant pastoralism isone of the dominant livestock production systems in West Africa, and it is characterized by seasonal and cyclical movement of varying degrees between complementary ecological areas. ... These livestock fulfill different functions in the livelihood of rural communities in the reg...
The results point that the livelihood options of pastoralists are generally becoming narrower. Four major forces are identified as exerting determinant influence on the co-production of the vulnerability of pastoralism: (i) the double exposure to climate and non-climate transformations, (ii) the ...
Traditional ecological and indigenous knowledge, respectively, is an intrinsic asset of those landscapes under consideration, contributing to biodiversity and resource management, to the use and processing of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products, to climate change mitigation and adaptation, to ...
They resonated, as, by contrast, I am in a position of undeniable privilege, holding title to unceded Djaara lands, with a well-established and viable livelihood from farming. We are embedded in a community where reciprocity is a way of life and ‘favours’ are remembered rather than ...
(Rohde et al.2006). Intensified means of livestock production through privatisation are often incompatible with a mobility strategy, especially when privatised land tenures prompt pasture fragmentation and underpin ecosystem service diversity losses. The livelihood prospects of pastoralists remaining in ...
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when its people were first promised the right to decide if they wanted to be a part of the country's north or south.1 In 2011, they missed a second opportunity to vote on the territory's final status when the southern part of the country gained its independence.2 Last year, former Sou...
Development Priorities for the Nile Basin Countries: What Difference can the Nile Basin Initiative Make? by Mahmoud El Zain Institute of Social Studies, The Hague WIC Nov 28, 2000 Abstract: This paper is part of a larger project I am currently conducting as my Ph.D. research on the 'Hydro...
In nearly all parts of the world, an important part of people’s livelihood is derived from natural resources. Gender is considered one of the most important determinants of access and control over forests. It is thought that women and men within households and communities have different opportuni...
Livelihood, lifestyle, and occupation and activity—Where the activity approach takes an instrumentalist perspective—looking at the types of physical, productive tasks that can denote “farming”—an alternative approach is to emphasis the cultural experience of living through and with farming activities...