Pastoralism in Peril: The Compression of Grazing Space in Senegal

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dc.contributor.authorFreudenberger, M. S.en
dc.contributor.authorFreudenberger, K. S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSénégalen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:56:25Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:56:25Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractLand use patterns across Senegal's Sahelian zone are undergoing significant and rapid change. One particularly alarming aspect of this transformation is the unrelenting compression of once dynamic agro-pastoral livelihood systems into an ever more circumscribed space. The paper looks first at the agro-pastoral populations of Senegal and, in particular, at the role of mobility in reducing risk and ensuring the sustainability of their livelihood. It then discusses, region by region, the pressures on grazing lands, looking specifically at issues that have arisen (1) along the Senegal river and the Lac de Guiers, (2) in the Ferlo, (3) in the groundnut basin, (4) in the Niayes coastal region and (5) in Eastern Senegal and the Casamance. The conclusions focus on specific political and legal issues related to the maintenance of common areas necessary for agro-pastoralist livelihoods and looks at how the local populations themselves have responded to this threat to grazing strategies. (CAB Abstracts)en
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dc.identifier775en
dc.identifier.citationMadison, Wisc.: Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsinen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66194en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.subjectLand useen
dc.subjectPastoral societyen
dc.subjectPopulationen
dc.subjectEnvironmental degradationen
dc.subjectLand developmenten
dc.subjectPasturesen
dc.subjectAgropastoral systemsen
dc.subjectSahelen
dc.subjectSenegalen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Watersheden
dc.titlePastoralism in Peril: The Compression of Grazing Space in Senegalen

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