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How have China's development policies impacted Tibeten pastoralists?
M. Foggin / Plateau Perspectives, 2008
Tibetan grasslands constitute one of the most important grazing ecosystems in the world and encompass the source areas of many major Asian rivers. While a variety of government policies have been a...
What is the future of pastoralism in Ethiopia?
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , 2007
Ethiopia has Africa’s largest livestock population, with over 60% of its land area is semi-arid lowland, dominated by the livestock economy. In December 2006, Ethiopians from the Federal and ...
Can better policies help poor livestock producers?
A. Catley / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
As global demand for meat and milk increases, many policies focus on promoting international trade in livestock and livestock products. How does this affect the community-based livestock services that...
Should development policies support pastoral livelihoods or rather exit strategies?
N. Rass / 2006
This paper makes a case for increased policy attention to pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper presents:estimates of the numbers of agro-/pastoral populations globallytheir ...
Fulani womens' contributions to the pastoral economy: the importance of womens' role in milk production
A. Waters Bayer / Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1985
According to studies on the contribution of women to the pastoral economy of the semi-nomadic Fulani, milk (either consumed at home or exchanged for grain) was the main source of subsistence. Women a...
What are the principal issues in cattle pricing and marketing in Botswana?
M. Hubbard; J. S. Morrison / Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1985
Botswana's meat export parastatal, the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC), has been much in the local news. Cattle suppliers have become accustomed to substantial annual producer price increases from this...
Roads, lands, markets, and deforestation: a spatial model of land use in Belize
Kenneth M. Chomitz; David A. Gray / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
Will intensifying the road network around market areas produce greater economic returns and less environmental damage than extending the road network into new areas?Rural roads promote economic dev...
The role of ecology in shaping pastoral modes of life is declining
M. A. M. Salih / Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1985
The aim of this paper is to document current trends in pastoral production in the North West of Omdurman District, in the vicinity of Sudan's capital, Khartoum. The proximity of a large urban market m...
The commercial sale of camel milk from pastoral herds in the Mogadishu hinterland, Somalia
U. Herren / Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1990
Traditional subsistence pastoral systems in East Africa are typically geared towards the output of calves and milk for human consumption. The production of meat (though not unimportant) is subsidiary ...
Commercialisation has resulted in more rigid and permanent forms of socio-economic stratification
P. M. Sikana; C. K. Kerven / Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1991
As pastoral systems undergo commercialisation, all parts of those systems (livestock productivity, range use, household economies and the socio-cultural system itself) adjust to the new goals of produ...
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