Conflicts between crop farmers and pastoralists have become a common feature of economic livelihood in West Africa. The study assessed the demographic implications farmers-pastoralists conflict Benue North-West, Nigeria. adopted cross-sectional survey design sample 120 respondents was purposively selected from three LGAs mostly affected by pastoralists’ attacks. Data were collected using struct...

Abstract Transhumant herds graze across two different rangeland types according to the season. Winter rangelands differ from summer in amount and quality of available fodder, with former being less productive. In cold areas, winter has low forage where goats may suffer severe nutritional restrictions during gestation which lead significant reproductive losses form abortions perinatal losses. Ar...

This study was conducted at Yabello district of Borana zone with the objectives evaluating productive performance 25% Dorper crossbred and local blackhead Somali sheep under agro pastoralists’ conditions, creating awareness, improving knowledge skill. The training given to selected pastoralists, development agents, experts on importance management improved sheep. A total four F1 50% were ...

the study sought to determine whether pastoralists have resorted to sale of livestock as a form of insurance against commercialization of cattle rustling in which well structured and managed cartels have organised more intense and frequent cattle raids on pastoralist, and how their decisions have affected their herd size. the study was conducted among the pastoral baringo community of kenya. a ...

Throughout Kenya, new governance regimes that are designed to sustain habitat connectivity for wildlife populations outside of national parks have gained increasing prominence. Though these often center a discursive emphasis on the synergies between conservation and pastoralist land use, it remains unclear how they interacted with colonial post-colonial legacies influenced pastoralists' relatio...

With increasingly fragmented rangelands, restricted mobility and climatic stress, diversification has accelerated among East African pastoralists. Diversification is also promoted as a climate change adaptation strategy to reduce exposure. Through study of Maasai communal land in southern Kenya, we analyze how pastoralists navigate changing access key productive resources that are linked proces...