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Pastoralism and development in Africa : dynamic change at the margins / / edited by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones



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Titolo: Pastoralism and development in Africa : dynamic change at the margins / / edited by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
Disciplina: 333.74/150963
Soggetto topico: Herders - Horn of Africa - Economic conditions
Herders - Africa, Eastern - Economic conditions
Pastoral systems - Horn of Africa
Pastoral systems - Africa, Eastern
Economic development - Horn of Africa
Economic development - Africa, Eastern
Soggetto geografico: Horn of Africa Economic conditions
Africa, Eastern Economic conditions
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: CatleyAndy  
LindJeremy  
ScoonesIan  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Development at the margins: pastoralism in the Horn of Africa / Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones -- The sustainability of pastoral production in Africa / Gufu Oba -- Rangeland enclosures in southern Oromia, Ethiopia: an innovative response or the erosion of common property resources? / Boku Tache -- Pastoralists and irrigation in the Horn of Africa: time for a rethink? / Stephen Sandford -- Counting the costs: replacing pastoralism with irrigated agriculture in the Awash valley / Roy Behnke and Carol Kerven -- Climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: what consequences for pastoralism? / Polly Ericksen, Jan de Leeuw, Philip Thornton, Mohamed Said, Mario Herrero and An Notenbaert -- Moving up or moving out? Commercialization, growth and destitution in pastoralist areas / Andy Catley and Yacob Aklilu -- Pastoral innovative responses to new camel export market opportunities on the Kenya-Ethiopia borderlands / Hussein Abdullahi Mahmoud -- "Responsible companies" and African livestock-keepers: acting, teaching but not learning? / John Morton -- Town camels and milk villages: the growth of camel milk marketing in the Somali region of Ethiopia / Abdi Abdullahi, Seid Mohammed and Abdirahman Eid -- The future of pastoralist conflict in the Horn of Africa / Paul Goldsmith -- Land grabbing in the eastern African rangelands / John G. Galaty -- Land deals and the changing political economy of livelihoods in the Tana Delta, Kenya / Abdirizak Arale Nunow -- Squeezed from all sides: changing resource tenure and pastoralist innovation on the Taikipia Plateau, Kenya / John Letai and Jeremy Lind -- Mobile pastoralism and land grabbing in Sudan: impacts and responses / Mustafa Babiker -- The need to strengthen land laws in Ethiopia to protect pastoral rights / Abebe Mulatu and Solomon Bekure -- Seeking alternative livelihoods in pastoral areas / Elliot Fratkin -- Reaching pastoralists with formal education: a distance-learning strategy for Kenya / David Siele, Jeremy Swift, Saverio Krätli -- Social protection for pastoralists / Stephen Devereux and Karen Tibbo -- Women and economic diversification in pastoralist societies: a regional perspective / John Livingstone and Everse Ruhindi -- Reflections on the future of pastoralism in the Horn of Africa / Peter Little.
Sommario/riassunto: Once again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions: to the changing climate, to environmental degradation, to overpopulation, to geopolitics and conflict, to aid agency failures, and more. But it is not all disaster and catastrophe. Many successful development efforts at 'the margins' often remain hidden, informal, sometimes illegal; and rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. If we shift our gaze from the capital ci
Titolo autorizzato: Pastoralism and development in Africa  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-86193-3
1-136-25585-0
0-203-10597-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463016503321
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