Pastoral culture and range management: Recent lessons from Maasailand

Reviews the appropriateness of three major assumptions underlying pastoral development in East Africa, viz, economic irrationality of pastoralists, the unchanged nature of pastoral production systems, and the applicability of western models to pastoral development.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grandin, B.E.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1987
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4522
Description
Summary:Reviews the appropriateness of three major assumptions underlying pastoral development in East Africa, viz, economic irrationality of pastoralists, the unchanged nature of pastoral production systems, and the applicability of western models to pastoral development.