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  • pastoralism
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  • 1
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    Decisions of cattle herdsmen in Burkina Faso and optimal foraging models (1989)
    Springer
    Human ecology 17 (1989), S. 445-464 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: optimal foraging ; grazing ; pastoralism ; sedentary husbandry ; herd movement ; West Africa
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract Models of optimal foraging theory are used to evaluate the decisions of a sedentary herdsman and his family in Burkina Faso concerning the movement of his cattle from pasture to pasture. Generally, such models describe exploitation at the patch level, but are inadequate at higher levels. The herdsmen in the study area are generally sedentary, and their strategy of exploitation appears to be characterized by planning at least in terms of a whole day and minimizing daily travel time among fields. In conjuction with this conclusion a modified optimization model is proposed. We conclude that optimal foraging models are useful in interpreting and understanding the rules governing the movements of traditional West African herdsmen when so modified, but that more data are needed to develop and test these models further.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00889500
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  • 2
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    Wealth and pastoral dairy production: A case study from Maasailand (1988)
    Springer
    Human ecology 16 (1988), S. 1-21 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: pastoralism ; milk production ; wealth inequality ; Maasai ; Africa
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract Much of pastoral development in Africa has been predicted on the assumed desirability of converting pastoralists to commercial beef producers. Such development has ignored two fundamental aspects of pastoral production: first, the greater human support capacity of a dual milk/meat production system, and second, significant wealth inequality within pastoral communities. This paper presents a case study based on several years of field research in Kenya Maasailand; it examines variations by wealth status in milking strategies and the level of milk offtake for human consumption. Rich households have five times the number of cattle per reference adult as poor households, but similar levels of milk consumption, due to differences in the allocation of milk between calves and people. Residential location and watering frequency also vary by wealth status, contributing to a difference in total milk production per cow.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01262023
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  • 3
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    Stability and resilience in East African Pastoralism: The Rendille and the Ariaal of northern Kenya (1986)
    Springer
    Human ecology 14 (1986), S. 269-286 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: Africa ; Kenya ; pastoralism ; economic anthropology ; Rendille
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract The social organizations of two closely related nomadic pastoral societies of northern Kenya, the Rendille and Ariaal, are compared in the context of the relative constancy and variability of their herding environments. It is concluded that the application of Brooks and Yellen's model of stability and resilience in human populations is of value in understanding the impact of environmental constraints on social organization, but it is argued that other social features including the organization of labor and ownership of different livestock types directly bear on the differences between the Rendille and Ariaal.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00889031
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  • 4
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    To sell or not to sell—A Pastoralist's Dilemma: A lesson from the slaughterhouse (1986)
    Springer
    Human ecology 14 (1986), S. 287-310 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: pastoralism ; marketing strategy ; decision theory ; goat raising ; El Niño ; Peru
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract Marketing strategies employed by herders in Piura, a coastal region in northern Peru, are discussed in conjunction with ecological and economic factors. Data from regional slaughterhouses help in analyzing decisions concerning livestock offtakes and in understanding the rationale behind them. Piura is characterized by sharp weather changes, amplified by the El Niño phenomenon. The variations in precipitation and forage availability strongly affect production, structure, and dynamics of the herds and are therefore a significant component in determining the actual marketing decision strategy. “Pure” herders adopt an “insurance” strategy emphasizing a build-up of herds during abundant years in order to compensate for considerable losses caused by frequent droughts. The use of stubble and concentrated feed in coping with droughts is restricted by economic and social factors. Agropastoralists are affected not only by ecological factors but also by labor availability, agricultural cash requirements, and household needs. As a result, these goat keepers practice a “capital-manipulation strategy” in which goats and kids are used as a form of capital. The paper provides an empirical representation of these two marketing strategies based on slaughterhouses' records and a complementary field survey.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00889032
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    Cattle and pastoralism: Survival and production in arid lands (1986)
    Springer
    Human ecology 14 (1986), S. 77-94 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: cattle ; pastoralism ; Maasai seasonality ; drought ; physiological response ; herding strategies ; carrying capacity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract Traditional subsistence pastoralists in East Africa tend to keep large herds, milk cattle in preference to eating them, and subject them to long foraging treks. Such practices are widely considered ill-suited to arid lands and are believed to arise because cattle are raised more for social prestige than food production. Whether this is true can only be judged by considering the responses of cattle to arid zones and, given the herder's goals and options, his management practices. In considering these factors, we show that indigenous East African cattle demonstrate energy-sparing capabilities during drought. Pastoralists can therefore herd cattle at great distances from water at little more cost than animals on the normal maintenance diet and watered more frequently. The physiological response of cattle to drought, the ecological constraints imposed by livestock and wildlife competition, and the energetic efficiency of mixed milk and meat pastoralism explain why herders traditionally select their characteristic management practices.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00889211
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    Absentee herd owners and part-time pastoralists: The political economy of resource use in northern Kenya (1985)
    Springer
    Human ecology 13 (1985), S. 131-151 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: Africa ; pastoralism ; resource management ; political economy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract The prevalence of absentee herd ownership in Africa's pastoral areas is increasing. Its presence has important implications both for local resource management systems and for research programs that address pastoral ecology and related topics. This paper examines patterns of absentee herd ownership in the Baringo District of northern Kenya. This region has been the source of much debate regarding herder “mismanagement” of range lands. Three categories of absentee herd owners are discussed in the paper: (1) ranchers, (2) livestock traders, and (3) townsmen. It is suggested that the blame for some of the apparent resource mismanagement in the region may lie more with actors in these categories than with the pastoralists themselves. Data collected during an 18-month period in 1980–1981 on pastoral ecology, grazing patterns, and tenure institutions are presented in support of the argument. The paper concludes with a comparative analysis of contemporary resource management strategies in pastoral Africa, emphasizing that: (1) the Baringo case is not an isolated anomaly, and (2) a new orientation toward pastoral studies is warranted.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01531093
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