Pastoralism is not only a livestock-based livelihood strategy but also a way of life with socio-cultural norms and values, and indigenous knowledge revolving around livestock. Pastoral systems in Africa are facing demographic, economic, socio-political and climatic pressures which are driving man...
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Turner, M.D.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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[Challenges of assessing the sustainability of (agro)-pastoral systems]
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Challenges of assessing the sustainability of (agro)-pastoral systems
This paper reports on a four-site study conducted in the Sahelian zone of Niger. The study takes a novel mixed methods approach for understanding conflict management from the perspective of rural peoples by not only describing past highly publicized conflicts but also by analyzing the steps rural...
Turner, M.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Patterson, K.P.
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Patterson, E.D.
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[Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa]
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Conflict management, decentralization, and agropastoralism in dryland West Africa
Farmer-herder conflicts are enduring features of social life in the Sudano-Sahelian zone.
A survey was carried out between August and December 2004 in four sites in Niger,
namely Bokki, Katanga, Sabon Gida and Tountoubé to determine the proximate and
long-term causes of conflict over natural reso...
Turner, M.D.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Patterson, E.D.
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Patterson, K.P.
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[Farmer-herder relations and conflict management in agro-pastoral zone of Niger]
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Farmer-herder relations and conflict management in agro-pastoral zone of Niger
Transhumant pastoralism is one of the dominant livestock production systems
in West Africa, and it is characterized by seasonal and cyclical movement of varying
degrees between complementary ecological areas. The common pattern of transhumance is
moving herds from areas with pasture and water sca...
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Asse, Rainer
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Fall, Abdou
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[Transhumant pastoralism, sustainable management of natural resources and endemic ruminant livestock in the sub-humid zone of West Africa]
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Transhumant pastoralism, sustainable management of natural resources and endemic ruminant livestock in the sub-humid zone of West Africa
Les études sur la transhumance ont souvent ciblé les pasteurs – notamment peuls – des zones sahéliennes. Pour en donner une autre perspective, la présente étude a été centrée sur les pratiques de la transhumance dans la zone soudano-sahélienne du Mali en intégrant la perception des agriculteurs e...
Umutoni, Clarisse
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Sawadogo, G.J.
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[Connaissance locale des pratiques de la transhumance dans la zone soudano-sahélienne du Mali]
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Connaissance locale des pratiques de la transhumance dans la zone soudano-sahélienne du Mali
Drought is one of the major climatic hazards impacting on the various sectors including crop and livestock in the West African Sahel. Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the region are regularly affected by drought, with vulnerability differing with gender, age, wealth status (access to cro...
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Turner, M.D.
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Kalilou, A.
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[Participatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahel]
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Participatory analysis of vulnerability to drought in three agro-pastoral communities in the West African Sahel