Newly evolving pastoral and post-pastoral rangelands of Eastern Africa.

Autor: Lind J; Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RE UK., Sabates-Wheeler R; Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RE UK., Caravani M; World Food Programme, Rome, Italy., Kuol LBD; Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C, USA., Nightingale DM; Houston, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pastoralism : research, policy and practice [Pastoralism] 2020; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 24. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 16.
DOI: 10.1186/s13570-020-00179-w
Abstrakt: Over the past two decades, the rangelands of Eastern Africa have experienced sweeping changes associated with growing human populations, shifting land use, expanding livestock marketing and trade, and greater investment by domestic and global capital. These trends have coincided with several large shocks that were turning points for how rangeland inhabitants make a living. As livelihoods in the region's rangelands transform in seemingly paradoxical directions, away from customary pastoralist production systems, greater insight is required of how these transformations might affect poverty and vulnerability. This article reviews the state of what is known regarding directions of livelihood change in the rangelands of Eastern Africa, drawing on case studies of structural change in five settings in the region. It considers the implications of long-term change, as well as the emergence of very different livelihood mixes in pastoral rangelands, for efforts to reduce poverty and vulnerability in these places.
Competing Interests: Competing interestsWe the authors declare that we have no competing interests.
(© The Author(s) 2020.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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