The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition
Key messages The African pastoral farming system consists of livestock and drylands crop-based production that supports an agricultural population of 38 million people of whom 13.4 million in sub-Saharan Africa are extremely poor. Human population growth has resulted in low per capita livestock an...
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| author | Leeuw, Jan de Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Ayantunde, Augustine A. Dube, Sikhalazo Neely, Constance Vrieling, Anton Thornton, Philip K. Ericksen, Polly J. |
| author_browse | Ayantunde, Augustine A. Dube, Sikhalazo Ericksen, Polly J. Leeuw, Jan de Neely, Constance Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Thornton, Philip K. Vrieling, Anton |
| author_facet | Leeuw, Jan de Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Ayantunde, Augustine A. Dube, Sikhalazo Neely, Constance Vrieling, Anton Thornton, Philip K. Ericksen, Polly J. |
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The African pastoral farming system consists of livestock and drylands crop-based production that supports an agricultural population of 38 million people of whom 13.4 million in sub-Saharan Africa are extremely poor.
Human population growth has resulted in low per capita livestock and land resources, and while the farming system has options to develop agriculture, further demographic expansion will exacerbate degradation and inequality.
While there is potential for agricultural development, e.g. through intensification and greater market orientation, such development needs to take into account pastoral peoples’ access rights to resources and minimize trade-offs with current land and water users.
Effective drought management, a key to the success of pastoralism, relies on multiple resource management strategies and community interactions. Therefore, there is a need for policies that strengthen the resilience of agriculture and pastoralists livelihoods through, e.g. support to livestock mobility, agricultural insurance, sustainable land and water management as well as monetary and legal support for effective implementation.
Interventions that strengthen opportunities for a future outside agriculture, such as education and job creation, are needed for those living in chronic poverty. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1067152024-04-19T09:16:35Z The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition Leeuw, Jan de Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Ayantunde, Augustine A. Dube, Sikhalazo Neely, Constance Vrieling, Anton Thornton, Philip K. Ericksen, Polly J. climate change agriculture food security farming systems poverty Key messages The African pastoral farming system consists of livestock and drylands crop-based production that supports an agricultural population of 38 million people of whom 13.4 million in sub-Saharan Africa are extremely poor. Human population growth has resulted in low per capita livestock and land resources, and while the farming system has options to develop agriculture, further demographic expansion will exacerbate degradation and inequality. While there is potential for agricultural development, e.g. through intensification and greater market orientation, such development needs to take into account pastoral peoples’ access rights to resources and minimize trade-offs with current land and water users. Effective drought management, a key to the success of pastoralism, relies on multiple resource management strategies and community interactions. Therefore, there is a need for policies that strengthen the resilience of agriculture and pastoralists livelihoods through, e.g. support to livestock mobility, agricultural insurance, sustainable land and water management as well as monetary and legal support for effective implementation. Interventions that strengthen opportunities for a future outside agriculture, such as education and job creation, are needed for those living in chronic poverty. 2019-12-01 2020-01-24T16:50:15Z 2020-01-24T16:50:15Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106715 en Open Access Routledge de Leeuw J, Osano P, Said M, Ayantunde A, Dube S, Neely C, Vrieling A, Thornton P, Ericksen P. 2019. The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition. IN: Dixon, J. et al. 2019. Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa: Priorities for Science and Policy Under Global Change. London: Routledge: 318-353. |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security farming systems poverty Leeuw, Jan de Osano, Philip M. Said, Mohammed Ayantunde, Augustine A. Dube, Sikhalazo Neely, Constance Vrieling, Anton Thornton, Philip K. Ericksen, Polly J. The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition |
| title | The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition |
| title_full | The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition |
| title_fullStr | The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition |
| title_short | The pastoral farming system: Balancing between tradition and transition |
| title_sort | pastoral farming system balancing between tradition and transition |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security farming systems poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106715 |
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