Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel
As institutions that facilitate the conversion of livestock to grain and adjust livestock populations to local forage availabilities, livestock markets play important economic and ecological roles in dryland Africa. Using a comprehensive database of 1,580 sales of livestock owned by members of 54 ho...
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| author | Turner, M.D. Williams, Timothy O. |
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| description | As institutions that facilitate the conversion of livestock to grain and adjust livestock populations to local forage availabilities, livestock markets play important economic and ecological roles in dryland Africa. Using a comprehensive database of 1,580 sales of livestock owned by members of 54 households in western Niger over a major drought-and-recovery cycle (1984-94), the effect of real livestock markets on stocking decisions and the economic vulnerability of rural households was investigated. While livestock markets are shown to facilitate destocking of animals from drought areas, price formation is socially-biased *by gender, weather, residence) reflecting the differential access and powers within local markets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace299482025-12-02T10:59:51Z Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel Turner, M.D. Williams, Timothy O. livestock markets prices drought gender development As institutions that facilitate the conversion of livestock to grain and adjust livestock populations to local forage availabilities, livestock markets play important economic and ecological roles in dryland Africa. Using a comprehensive database of 1,580 sales of livestock owned by members of 54 households in western Niger over a major drought-and-recovery cycle (1984-94), the effect of real livestock markets on stocking decisions and the economic vulnerability of rural households was investigated. While livestock markets are shown to facilitate destocking of animals from drought areas, price formation is socially-biased *by gender, weather, residence) reflecting the differential access and powers within local markets. 2002-04 2013-06-11T09:25:33Z 2013-06-11T09:25:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29948 en Limited Access Elsevier World Development;30(4): 683-705 |
| spellingShingle | livestock markets prices drought gender development Turner, M.D. Williams, Timothy O. Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel |
| title | Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel |
| title_full | Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel |
| title_fullStr | Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel |
| title_short | Livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the Sahel |
| title_sort | livestock market dynamics and local vulnerabilities in the sahel |
| topic | livestock markets prices drought gender development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29948 |
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