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Pastoralism
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ISSN 2041-7136 · Frontiers Media S.A. · 314 artikel di indeks
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Feasibility analysis of livestock protection implementation on alpine pastures
In a changing world, large carnivores are making a significant comeback in Europe. Despite this success for conservation and ecosystem functioning, the coexistence of humans with such species is a challenge for societies worldwide. One of the main conflicts is attacks on livestock by wolves and…
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“Social tipping points” in a dryland pastoral system in Namibia
Critical transitions in ecosystems occur when a “tipping point” is crossed, resulting in an abrupt shift to a new stable state that is almost impossible, to reverse. These changes produce severe socio-economic consequences, often displaying typical characteristics of tipping points at various…
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Drought, grazing routes and resource use by small-ruminant pastoralists in Montesinho, northeastern Portugal
Climate projections for the Mediterranean area indicate a rise in temperature and an increase in drought frequency, which directly impact water availability and consequently, ecosystems. In the protected area of Montesinho in northeast Portugal, sheep and goat pastoralism characterizes the…
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Reindeer-herding science in the Soviet Union and Russia: a short historical overview
This article describes the history of Soviet/Russian research into methods, techniques, and ecology of reindeer herding as a productive economy (rather than a cultural phenomenon). This direction of research can be subsumed under the term “reindeer-herding science.” Content analysis of publications…
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Blood and relational selfhood: crisis and sacrifice among the Nuer of South Sudan
Dominant global discourses on climate change often define vulnerability and risk through a modern sedentarist framework, rooted in a human/nature dichotomy and a unified model of selfhood shaped by European modernist thought. These premises do not hold for Nuer pastoralists and refugees in South…
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Successes, constraints, and prospects for sustainable dairy cattle breeding using artificial insemination technology in Tanzania. A brief review
Dairy farming makes a substantial contribution to both food security and revenue generation, but because artificial insemination (AI) technology is not widely used, genetic improvement is still restricted. The present state, limitations, and potential of artificial insemination in Tanzania’s dairy…
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Livestock production resource assessment, mapping and suitability analysis in the pastoral areas of Bale and East Bale Zones, Southeastern Ethiopia
Livestock production system and productivity are increasingly constrained by climatic variability, disparities in available production resources, and livestock population challenging pastoral livelihoods. These burdens accelerate loss of climate-resilient, and eco-friendly livestock diversities…
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The impact of pastoral outposts in the occupied West Bank: a comprehensive analysis of land control mechanisms, displacement, and humanitarian consequences
Pastoral outposts are an effective and rapid tool of settler colonialism in the occupied West Bank. The paper provides a thorough analysis of these seemingly innocuous livestock farms, revealing them as a strategic instrument for expropriation of vast grazing areas, the fragmentation of Palestinian…
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Beyond victims and saviors: gendered and intersectional vulnerabilities and the efficacy of adaptation strategies in Hamer pastoralists of South Omo, Ethiopia
Climate change poses a severe threat to pastoral communities in the Horn of Africa, but its effects are mediated through deeply gendered power relations. This paper goes beyond the simplistic view of women as either victims or saviors and interrogates how social institutions shape differential…
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A scoping review of national legislative frameworks governing rangelands in Kenya, with implications on community-based rangeland governance
Rangelands in Kenya are significant ecosystems that encounter various challenges including increasing livestock, demand for land and changes to traditional governance systems. Governance plays an important role in environmental management and conservation with the implementation of policies at both…
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High reliability professionals and networks in pastoral areas of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia: a new approach to development?
Seeing pastoralism as a “critical infrastructure” consisting of networks of “high-reliability professionals” has the potential to support and sustain resilient pastoral livelihoods. In this article, we examine cases from northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia where reliability is generated through…
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Spatio-temporal distribution and impacts of Prosopis juliflora: an application of remote sensing and experiential ecological knowledge in a semi-arid rangeland of Kenya
Prosopis juliflora species was introduced in the Kenyan drylands as part of an afforestation program to rehabilitate rangelands and supply fuelwood in the 1980s. However, the species has since spread beyond areas of intervention, altering ecosystem integrity and threatening the livelihoods of…
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Relational approach to the climate narratives and pastoral conflicts: an analysis of 2004–2013 Samburu-Pokot conflict
The relationship between climate change and violent conflict, particularly climate-induced conflict grounded in neo-Malthusian environmentalist assumptions, has been debated since the end of the Cold War. This debate has been prominent in drought-affected regions such as the Sahel and the Horn of…
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Pastoralist women’s perceptions of tenure security and implications for collective tenure regimes, policies and practices
Land tenure security and perceptions of that security are core characteristics of people’s resilience and capacity to adapt to climate change. However there has been limited consideration of perceptions of tenure security in collective tenure systems including in global frameworks for measuring…
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Insights into pastoralist households’ coping and adaptive strategies during northern Kenya’s 2019–2022 drought
This study is part of a long-term monitoring effort (34 years) of pastoralist households in northern Kenya affected by a series of droughts over the past four decades. The present paper investigates how these same households coped with and adapted to the prolonged drought from 2019 to 2022. The…
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Forecasting pastoralist red meat production trajectories in a fragile and climate-vulnerable state: a comparative evaluation of classical, state-space, long-memory, and neural network models in Somalia
BackgroundThe national economy of Somalia is significantly reliant on the production of pastoralist red meat, a sector that is increasingly debilitated by severe and recurrent climate-related shocks. Accurate forecasting of supply trajectories is crucial for proactive food security planning…
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Reconsidering the middleman: asymmetries in a direct-contact producer-buyer alpaca fiber roundtable in Peru
Disintermediation is often presented as a means of improving producer welfare by “cutting out the middleman” and allowing producers and buyers to transact directly. However, from the perspective of transaction cost economics, information asymmetry, and market-access theory, removing intermediaries…
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Pastoral vulnerability to drought: geographic and socio-demographic drivers of drought-related camel mortality in Somalia
Pastoralism supports over 60% of Somalia’s population, with camels being vital for economic resilience. However, intensifying droughts pose severe threats. This study addresses the gap in species-specific data by identifying geographic and socio-demographic drivers of household-level camel…
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Pastoral lands and the green transition: opportunities and challenges
The green transition–the global response to the climate and biodiversity crises–is generating demand for land to implement renewable-energy and carbon-sequestration projects. Rangelands have been attractive to investors because of their large extent, their high potential for wind and solar energy…
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Rainmaking and climate change: global discourse and local perspectives over regicide in South Sudan
This article analyses how agro-pastoral communities perceive, adapt to, and address the effects of variable weather through a case study of regicides occurring during drought in South Sudan. Recently, South Sudan has been regarded as one of the African countries most severely affected by climate…