BACKGROUND Ethiopia is ninth among the world high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, pastoralists being the most affected population. However, there is no published report whether the behavior related to TB are different between pastoralist and the sedentary communities. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to assess the pastoralist community knowledge, attitude and perceived stigma toward...

BACKGROUND Rabies is a viral zoonosis that has been described in limited numbers of studies in Ethiopia at large and among pastoralists in particular. This study assessed dog demography, bite wound prevalence and management, potential risk factors of disease transmission and knowledge attitude practice towards rabies among urban dwellers, pastoralists and health workers in Awash, Eastern Ethiop...

BACKGROUND Control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and zoonotic tuberculosis (zTB) has relied upon surveillance and slaughter of infected cattle, milk pasteurisation and public health education. In Cameroon, like many other sub-Saharan African countries, there is limited understanding of current cattle husbandry or milk processing practices or livestock keepers awareness of bTB. This paper describ...

Abstract Recurrent droughts and long-term changes to climate, social structures, the economy in world’s arid semi-arid lands have impacted pastoralists’ livelihood activities over time, resulting different pathways. Some pastoralists continue follow more traditional strategies of herd accumulation, while others frequently engage livestock markets value addition activities, still are dropping ou...

The loss of livestock to wild predators is an important livelihood concern among Trans-Himalayan pastoralists. Because of the remoteness and inaccessibility of the region, few studies have been carried out to quantify livestock depredation by wild predators. In the present study, we assessed the intensity of livestock depredation by snow leopard Uncia uncia, Tibetan wolf Canis lupus chanku, and...

This paper challenges the thesis that mountain areas are regions of refuge. The refuge concept attributes irrelevant exchange and limited communication to isolated mountain habitats which mainly depend on production for home consumption. In contrast, it is shown that exchange relations in all walks of life have been affected not only recently but for nearly two centuries in Central Asia, althou...

Given the uncertain future living of peasant households when they rent out farmland, the situation of livelihood assets is important for keeping sustainable livelihood. In this paper, the livelihood assets indicators were selected based on DFID’s sustainable livelihoods framework, and Monte Carlo method was adopted to establish the assessment model. The empirical study of peasant households sur...

Grassland vegetation is the largest terrestrial ecosystem in Qinghai Lake Basin (QLB), and it also most important means of production for herders’ livelihoods. Quantifying impact climate change human activities on grassland changes an essential task ensuring sustainable livelihood pastoralists. To this end, we investigated cover QLB from 2000 to 2020 using normalized difference index (NDVI), me...

Abstract This study explores the perceived influence of climate change on health Hamer pastoralists and their livestock in south-western Ethiopia. A combination focus group discussions key informant interviews were conducted with communities as well local workers, animal workers non-governmental organisation (NGO) staff. Thematic framework analysis was used to analyse data. Reductions rangeland...