The general distinctions between open access, state property, common proerty and private property are now well established in the academic literature. When applied to African rangelands, however, common property admits a wide variety of resource management regimes. To formulate effective policies...
Swallow, B.M.
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Bromley, D.W.
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[Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands]
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Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands
The Lesotho cattle industry is characterized by overstocking, range degradation, low marketed offtake, low fertility, and high mortality. The overstocking situation is paradoxically accompanied by an ownership pattern which leaves many households with an insufficient number of cattle for draught ...
About 14 % of the world's cattle and 21 % of its sheep and goats are found in Africa on a land base that comprises 25 % of the world's total area of rangelands. Most of these rangelands are or have in the past been managed under traditional systems of communal tenure. Regrettably, the wide variet...
Swallow, B.M.
,
Bromley, D.W.
,
[LPA Brief No. 1. Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands]
,
LPA Brief No. 1. Institutions, governance and incentives in common property regimes for African rangelands
This chapter Reports on the major research work carried out in Lesotho and the analysis of the livestock industry in the context of rangeland utilization with overall implications for marketing. In this context the results have importance for similar livestock/range problems elsewhere in Africa. ...