Abstract In the last few years, an increasing number of articles, reports, websites, and official documents have been published with narratives that link Fulani pastoralists to insecurity in West Central Africa. this article, we critically analyse one these documents: a legislation factsheet from United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) titled Factsheet: Communities ...

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 ...

Pastoral livestock production as a primary source of livelihood is increasingly becoming unsustainable due to the rapidly changing social context, perennial cattle rustling, unpredictable climatic conditions, and rapid population growth. Migration in response these changes context has often increased competition for land natural resources between farmers pastoralists. Using survey data from 1,7...

Under the impact of climate change, pastoral areas China have experienced increasing frequency and intensity extreme events, which has brought more challenges to pastoralists’ livelihood. Adaptive governance refers resilience through collaborative, flexible, learning-oriented management on different scales form a set political, social, economic, administrative systems for development, managemen...

The rangelands of Africa have been subject to substantial changes. changes in the savanna ecology were often assessed from different points view. This study constructs perceptions Boorana pastoralists on historic post-1992 based Gadaa timelines. construction pastoralist can make an immense contribution comprehending rate, trends, indicators, and impacts rangeland degradation rangelands. thus ou...

The emergence of criminal groups—“armed bandits” in the local parlance—in northwest geopolitical zone has compounded security conundrums Nigeria. dominant explanation for ongoing banditry draws on “ungoverned spaces” theoretical framework to contend that phenomenon is a by-product state’s abject failure monopolize violence over its territory. part state impose order territory leaves much room l...