Author: Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
An Economical Analysis of the Effects of Production Risk on the Use and Management of Common-Pool Rangelands
Author: Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
An Economical Analysis of the Effects of Production Risk on the Use and Management of Common-Pool Rangelands
Author: Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
An Economic Analysis of the Effects of Production Risk on the Use and Management of Common-pool Rangelands
Author: Nancy Ann McCarthyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communal rangelands
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
An Economic Analysis of the Effects of Production
Author: Nancy MacCarthyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communal rangelands
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
The Effect of Envronmental Variability on Livestock and land-use management: The Borana Plateau, Southern Ethiopia
Author: Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Managing Resources in Erratic Environments
Author: Nancy A. McCarthyPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896291383
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This study analyzes the links between risk and the kinds of property rights that have evolved to provide the mobility necessary to raise livestock in drought-prone countries--in this case Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Niger. The study also evaluates the impact of cooperation on resource management in these environments. The express purpose of this research is to contribute to the current debate on resource management in highly variable environments, focusing on the impact of climate variability on and the role of cooperation in resource management. More specifically, a conceptual framework is developed to analyze the impact of climatic variability and cooperative capacity on land allocation patterns, stock densities, and patterns of herd mobility. Overall, the empirical results suggest that effective policies for sustainable land management and crisis-response plans may require the design and implementation of mechanisms to increase cooperative capacity.
Risk and Social Change in an African Rural Economy
Author: John G. McPeakPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136650792
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Pastoralists’ role in contemporary Africa typically goes underappreciated and misunderstood by development agencies, external observers, and policymakers. Yet, arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), which are used predominantly for extensive livestock grazing, comprise nearly half of the continent’s land mass, while a substantial proportion of national economies are based on pastoralist activities. Pastoralists use these drylands to generate income for themselves through the use of livestock and for the coffers of national trade and revenue agencies. They are frequently among the continent’s most contested and lawless regions, providing sanctuary to armed rebel groups and exposing residents to widespread insecurity and destructive violence. The continent’s millions of pastoralists thus inhabit some of Africa’s harshest and most remote, but also most ecologically, economically, and politically important regions. This study summarizes the findings of a multi-year interdisciplinary research project in pastoral areas of Kenya and Ethiopia. The cultures and ecology of these areas are described, with a particular focus on the myriad risks that confront people living in these drylands, and how these risks are often triggered by highly variable rainfall conditions. The authors examine the markets used by residents of these areas to sell livestock and livestock products and purchase consumer goods before turning to an analysis of evolving livelihood strategies. Furthermore, they focus on how well-being is conditioned upon access to livestock and access to the cash economy, gender patterns within households and the history of development activities in the area. The book concludes with a report on how these activities are assessed by people in the area and what activities they prioritize for the future. Policy in pastoral areas is often formulated on the basis of assumptions and stereotypes, without adequate empirical foundations. This book provides evidence on livelihood strategies being followed in pastoral areas, and investigates patterns in decision making and well being. It indicates the importance of livestock to the livelihoods of people in these areas, and identifies the critical and widespread importance of access to the cash economy, concluding that future development activities need to be built on the foundation of the livestock economy, instead of seeking to replace it.
Impacts of Land Redistribution on Land Management and Productivity in the Ethiopian Highlands
Author: Samuel BeninPublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN: 9789291461134
Category : Agricultural productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Assessing the Distributional Impact of Technical Change in Livestock and Grains Production in Developing Countries
Author: Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN: 9789291461059
Category : Agricultural prices
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
ILRI Programme: Progress, Achievements and Impact 1994-1998
Author: International Livestock Research InstitutePublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description