Holdings: Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia

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Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia

Pastoralists' indigenous knowledge (IK) about ecology and social organization led to rangeland-management strategies appropriate to deal with the erratic rainfall in African drylands. Herd mobility was traditionally practiced as the key strate...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ANIMALS CAMELS CATTLE CATTLE HUSBANDRY CULTIVATION DECISION MAKING DROUGHT DRY SEASONS DRYLANDS ECOLOGY EROSION EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FERTILE PASTURES FORAGE GRAZING GRAZING AREA GRAZING PRESSURE GRAZING RESERVES GRAZING RESOURCES GRAZING SYSTEM HERD COMPOSITION HERD MOBILITY HERD SIZE HERDERS HERDING HERDING GROUPS HERDS INCOME INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOWLANDS NATURAL RESOURCES NGOS PASTORAL COMMUNITIES PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT PASTORAL HOUSEHOLDS PASTORAL INSTITUTIONS PASTORAL POPULATION PASTORALISM PASTORALISTS PASTURE PASTURE MANAGEMENT PASTURES POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY RAINFALL RANCHES RANGELAND RANGELAND CONDITIONS RANGELAND MANAGEMENT RANGELAND RESOURCES RANGELANDS RESOURCE USE SMALL HERDS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRADITIONAL GRAZING WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6082141/integrating-indigenous-knowledge-borana-pastoralists-rangeland-management-strategies-southern-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10753

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6082141/integrating-indigenous-knowledge-borana-pastoralists-rangeland-management-strategies-southern-ethiopia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10753