The decline of Lahawin pastoralism: Kassala Province, eastern Sudan

The prospects for pastoralism in Sudan are bleak

This article investigates the encroachment on pastoralist grazing land in Sudan (as a result of the mechanised farming in the Sudan). The article finds that:

the Lahawin pastoralists have been forcibly resettled in areas where the resources for subsistence agriculture does not exist
the Lahawin voice considerable insecurities
pastoralists have been obliged to become impoverished rural wage-labourers
drought has led ex-pastoralists to give up home of buidling up new herds
althought certain Lahawin pastoralists appear superficially to be rich, the long term viability of pastoralism is very questionable
pastoralism may take the route of increasing monetisation
the extension of mechanised rainfed farming is not inexorable
the prospects for pastoralism are bleak

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