Agricultural systems and pastoralism in tropical africa
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Author | : Thodore Monod |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2020-05-10 |
Genre | : Pastoral systems |
ISBN | : 9781138591035 |
Originally published in 1975, the papers collected in this volume review African pastoralism in both West and East Africa, in relation to economy, ecology, social and community organisation, kinship, inter-group relations, modern administrative attitudes and policies and problems of development. The challenges confronting peoples and cultures in Africa which practise pastoralism are discussed.
Author | : John G. Galaty |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2020-10-18 |
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ISBN | : 9780367165628 |
This book juxtaposes anthropological and historical perspectives on the political economy of African pastoralists, emphasizing dynamic factors in the emergence and realities of livestock-based societies in Africa. .
Author | : Andrew B. Smith |
Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
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This book gives an historical account of the development of pastoralism in Africa, and its adaptation to the open grasslands which cover large parts of the continents. How African pastoralists cope with their environment varies in social terms, but ultimately these social constraints still have to deal with the vagaries of localised and seasonal rainfall which lead to inconsistencies in the availability of pasture. Pastoralism has been a successful adaptation for thousands of years, so we must ask why many of Africa's herdsmen are under pressure at the end of the twentieth century. A number of serious droughts blighted Africa in the 1970s and '80s, affecting the rural peoples, be they farmers or herders. Other questions lead from this: have these been unusually severe events, resulting in difficult adjustments for African pastoral peoples? And, if these drought conditions are part of the regular long-term climatic cycle, what has been so significant about the '70s and '80s? Pastoralism in Africa attempts to answer these questions by using ecological evidence from prehistory to enlarge understanding of the vicissitudes of herding societies in Africa today. The origins and spread of herding systems throughout the continent are examined with the underlying idea that understanding the growth of pastoral production in the past allows for a more sympathetic treatment of indigenous social formations based on tradition and experience, thus enabling governments and development agencies to formulate adaptive strategies suited to specific environments and the peoples that inhabit them. The book will interest archaeologists, development workers, anthropologists and students of African history.
Author | : Katherine Homewood |
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Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Agricultural ecology |
ISBN | : 9780852559901 |
A synthesis of the literature on pastoralist societies, this book presents a discussion of their importance for African societies.
Author | : Michael Bollig |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2013-07-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0857459090 |
Pastoralism has shaped livelihoods and landscapes on the African continent for millennia. Mobile livestock husbandry has generally been portrayed as an economic strategy that successfully met the challenges of low biomass productivity and environmental variability in arid and semi-arid environments. This volume focuses on the emergence, diversity, and inherent dynamics of pastoralism in Africa based on research during a twelve-year period on the southwest and northeast regions. Unraveling the complex prehistory, history, and contemporary political ecology of African pastoralism, results in insight into the ingenuity and flexibility of historical and contemporary herders.
Author | : Ian Scoones |
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Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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In the literature of sustainable development, many have argued for the encouragement of mixed farming (involving the integration of livestock and crops on one farm) to meet the needs of small-scale African farming systems. Scoones and Wolmer (both with the Environment Group at the Institute of Development Studies, U. of Sussex) argue that behind this argument is the implicit or explicit assumption that mixed farming represents a stage in a normative evolutionary process towards an ideal. They suggest that this view is mistaken and that mixed farming is only one of a range of possible pathways of change in agricultural systems. They present case studies from Ethiopia, Mali, and Zimbabwe and analyze how social actors have varying access to resources. This variance is often due to institutional arrangements that are too often ignored in discussions of mixed farming and therefore fail to take into account situations that could help development efforts to be more effectively targeted. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Hans E. Jahnke |
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Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2021-07-21 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9251347530 |
Pastoral systems have evolved to function with the natural environment and therefore with variability. By identifying variability as an entry point, this paper aims at (i) engaging FAO in the mainstreaming of pastoralism by establishing the understanding of pastoralism, and its systematic inclusion in the normal operations of FAO, and at (ii) presenting an evidence based narrative on pastoralism to a specialists’ audience. Two main points are made in this document: First, pastoral systems are emblematic of farming with nature. Second, pastoral systems make use of variability in inputs (the environment) by matching it with variability in their own operational processes (flexibility in movements, animal breeds, labour force, etc.) in such a way as to reduce the variability in outputs (animal production and health, household’s food security, etc). Since 2015, the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub (PKH) has helped creating an institutional space for connecting and coordinating work on pastoralism within FAO. An Inter-Departmental Working Group on Pastoralism has been formed. The conceptual framework of this paper and early versions have benefited from comments and guidance of FAO staff as well as of specialists of pastoralism worldwide.
Author | : Z.A. Konczacki |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2014-07-16 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1136277048 |
The economics and future of pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa.