Pastoralists, droughts, and survival in West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBovin, M.en
dc.contributor.authorNegash, T.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeren
dc.coverage.spatialBurkina Fasoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:56:31Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:56:31Zen
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe paper focuses on two groups of nomads in West Africa: a pastoralist group, the WoDaaBe of Niger, and an agro-pastoralist group, the FulBe Liptaako (Fulani) of Burkina Faso. These two groups have different social organization systems and live under different ecological systems. The situation of the two groups is briefly described, including the severe droughts that have occurred in the Sahel during the 1970s and 1980s. Some reasons for the drought are suggested, including climatic factors, man-made and also society-made, which is the reason believed by many of the nomads. The paper discusses some of the effects of droughts and strategies of survival adopted by nomads. These divide into two main groups: sedentarization, or increased mobility/migration. Five strategies used by the WoDaaBe in the countries around Lake Chad are listed. (CAB Abstracts)en
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dc.identifier806en
dc.identifier.isbn91-7106-378-1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66224en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.ispartofNegash, T., L. Rudebeck, eds. 1995. Dimensions of Development with Emphasis on Africa. Proceeding from the Interdisciplinary Conference on Third World Studies, Uppsala, Sweden, March 1994, 238-245. Uppsala, Sweden: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (Scandinavian Institute of African Studies)en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSocial impactsen
dc.subjectPastoral societyen
dc.subjectDroughten
dc.subjectSurvivalen
dc.subjectNomadismen
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectNigeren
dc.subjectBurkina Fasoen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titlePastoralists, droughts, and survival in West Africaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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