The accommodation of livestock husbandry with crop agriculture is crucial for the future of the West African Sahel. Present trends are leading to greater restrictions on livestock husbandry and a growing convergence of livelihood practices among groups whose identities are tied to herding and far...
Turner, M.D.
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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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[Livelihood transitions and the changing nature of farmer-herder conflict in Sahelian West Africa]
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Livelihood transitions and the changing nature of farmer-herder conflict in Sahelian West Africa
Turner, M.
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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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[Conflict management for improved livestock productivity and sustainable natural resource use in Niger]
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Conflict management for improved livestock productivity and sustainable natural resource use in Niger
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