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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catley, Andy, Editor.

Contributor:

Catley, Andy.

Lind, Jeremy.

Scoones, Ian.

Series:

Pathways to Sustainability

Pathways to sustainability series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herders--Horn of Africa--Economic conditions.

Herders.

Herders--Africa, Eastern--Economic conditions.

Pastoral systems--Horn of Africa.

Pastoral systems.

Pastoral systems--Africa, Eastern.

Economic development--Horn of Africa.

Economic development.

Economic development--Africa, Eastern.

Horn of Africa--Economic conditions.

Horn of Africa.

Africa, Eastern--Economic conditions.

Africa, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-25584-2

1-283-86193-3

1-136-25585-0

0-203-10597-4

9780203105979

OCLC:

820787709