Climate variability and impacts on east African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorGalvin, Kathleen A.en
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Philip K.en
dc.contributor.authorBoone, Randall B.en
dc.contributor.authorSunderland, Jenniferen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNgorongoro Conservation Area (NCA)en
dc.coverage.spatialTanzaniaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:20Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:20Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractEast African pastoral adaptation and vulnerability to climate variability and climate change is assessed, using data from decision-making processes and ecological data of the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area as an example. The paper uses integrated modeling, linking PHEWS, a household model, to SAVANNA, an ecosystem model to look at the effects of drought and a series of wet years on the well-being of Maasai pastoralists. Model results suggest that the ecosystem is quite resilient and suggests that the Maasai of the NCA are not very vulnerable to climate variability. However the economic situation in the NCA is precarious and food insecurity is prevalent without drought. The result is that drought has a very negative effect on people.en
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dc.identifier614en
dc.identifier.citationAfrican Journal of Range and Forage Science 21(3): 183-189en
dc.identifier.issn1022-0119en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65649en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherGrahamstown, South Africa: NISC Pty Ltden
dc.relation.urihttp://www.nisc.co.za/oneAbstract?absId=826en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2004 by African Journal of Range and Forage Scienceen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectHumid zonesen
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectTropical zonesen
dc.subjectSubhumid zonesen
dc.subjectPasture managementen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectLivestock managementen
dc.subjectResource management toolsen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectRange managementen
dc.subjectAdaptation and vulnerabilityen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleClimate variability and impacts on east African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzaniaen
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