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- How have China's development policies impacted Tibeten pastoralists?
- ( M. Foggin / Plateau Perspectives , 2008)
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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)
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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)
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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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