Cattle reduction and livestock diversification among Borana pastoralists in southern Ethiopia

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-145

  Boru, Did ^a   Schwartz, Moshe ^b   Kam, Michael ^b   Degen, A Allan ^b  

^a CARE Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Borana pastoralists; Kebeles; Land cultivation; Liben wereda; Livestock diversification; Southern Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COPING STRATEGY; DROUGHT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISM; RUMINANT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ETHIOPIA;

BOS; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84897517834     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: 17522366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/np.2014.180108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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