Towards endogenous livestock development: Borana pastoralists' responses to environmental and institutional changes

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-520

  Homann, Sabine ^a,d   Rischkowsky, Barbara ^a   Steinbach, Jörg ^a   Kirk, Michael ^b   Mathias, Evelyn ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development   (Germany)

^d International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Indigenous knowledge; Institutional development; Natural resource management; Pastoralists

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGELAND; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; BORANA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS;

EID: 48749098052     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-008-9180-7     Document Type: Article

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