Pastoralism and natural resource management: The case of the pastoral Borana in southern Ethiopia

The pastoral areas of Ethiopia are one of the most drought-vulnerable with chronic food deficiencies between 1980-1 and 1999-2000 these areas suffered 3 major droughts. In all droughts the Borana pastoralists lost 35-67 percent of their livestock. The position of the southern Ethiopian rangelands th...

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Main Author: Desta, S.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: Ethiopian Society of Animal Production 2000
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50919
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description The pastoral areas of Ethiopia are one of the most drought-vulnerable with chronic food deficiencies between 1980-1 and 1999-2000 these areas suffered 3 major droughts. In all droughts the Borana pastoralists lost 35-67 percent of their livestock. The position of the southern Ethiopian rangelands that is referred to as the Borana plateau comprises about 95,000 square km overall. The human population in the region including the Borana, the Somali, the Gabra and other minorities is about 410 thousand. This paper looks into the climate, vegetation, water situation in this pastoral areas and discusses the pastoral society, herd management; livestock production and marketing, and resource management and property rights.
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spelling CGSpace509192023-02-15T09:38:05Z Pastoralism and natural resource management: The case of the pastoral Borana in southern Ethiopia Desta, S. pastoralism natural resources resource management borana ethnic group climate vegetation water animal production marketing livestock management right of access The pastoral areas of Ethiopia are one of the most drought-vulnerable with chronic food deficiencies between 1980-1 and 1999-2000 these areas suffered 3 major droughts. In all droughts the Borana pastoralists lost 35-67 percent of their livestock. The position of the southern Ethiopian rangelands that is referred to as the Borana plateau comprises about 95,000 square km overall. The human population in the region including the Borana, the Somali, the Gabra and other minorities is about 410 thousand. This paper looks into the climate, vegetation, water situation in this pastoral areas and discusses the pastoral society, herd management; livestock production and marketing, and resource management and property rights. 2000 2014-10-31T06:21:50Z 2014-10-31T06:21:50Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50919 en Limited Access Ethiopian Society of Animal Production
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natural resources
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borana ethnic group
climate
vegetation
water
animal production
marketing
livestock management
right of access
Desta, S.
Pastoralism and natural resource management: The case of the pastoral Borana in southern Ethiopia
title Pastoralism and natural resource management: The case of the pastoral Borana in southern Ethiopia
title_full Pastoralism and natural resource management: The case of the pastoral Borana in southern Ethiopia
title_fullStr Pastoralism and natural resource management: The case of the pastoral Borana in southern Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Pastoralism and natural resource management: The case of the pastoral Borana in southern Ethiopia
title_short Pastoralism and natural resource management: The case of the pastoral Borana in southern Ethiopia
title_sort pastoralism and natural resource management the case of the pastoral borana in southern ethiopia
topic pastoralism
natural resources
resource management
borana ethnic group
climate
vegetation
water
animal production
marketing
livestock management
right of access
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50919
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