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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Pastoral communities"”.
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Assessment of Bioactivity of Se-lected Plants against Pests and Microbes from Agro-pastoral Communities in Mbulu District, Tanzania
This study intended to have an ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal and pesticidal plant species and their bioactivities and toxicity against selected bacteria, fungi and storage pests. Bioactivities (antimicrobial and antioxidant activities) against disease causing organisms, toxicity against …
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‘Socio-economic and livelihood impacts of environmentally supportive bio-enterprise development for the agro-/pastoral communities in Samburu Heartland, Kenya’.
The question of agro/pastoral livelihoods adaptation is gaining attention in the rural development arena but little empirical evidence exists that has examined the performance and impact of diversified enterprises on agro/pastoral livelihoods and the environment in the ASAL, and on how to …
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Dwindling pastures and fading futures: Gaddi girls’ access to education in Western Himalayas
… and cultural landscape of the Gaddi transhumant pastoral communities in the Indian Himalayas. It aims to understand the key socio-economic, cultural, and policy barriers that affect Gaddi girls’ access to formal education. The study explores how disruptions to traditional migratory practices, …
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Seeing: The Multiple Narratives of Northern Xinjiang
… experiences and spatial practices of Kazakh pastoral communities. Beginning from a position of uncertainty and misalignment, the research questions how dominant narratives of modernization and settlement shape the perception of land while obscuring the invisible systems that sustain life upon …
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Establishing Indigenous Organic Poultry as an Integrated Alternative Sustainable Livelihood to Pastoralists at Mela Village in Tanzania’
… alternative sustainable livelihoods on pastoral communities’ economic development in Mvomero District, Morogoro in eastern Tanzania. The development objective of this initiative was to contribute to increased community alternative socioeconomic opportunities especially to pastoralist …
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Group conflict and intergroup contact
… randomly assigned to conflicting farming and pastoral communities in Nigeria, where thousands die each year in farmer-pastoralist violence. Members of conflicting farming and pastoral groups worked together to build infrastructure projects beneficial to both communities, and that collaboration …
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An analysis of local perceptions of the role of drought in exacerbating contemporary pastoral conflict in northern Kenya: a case study of Marsabit County
Pastoralists’ communities in Kenya have been co-existed since their migration and settlement in the region. However, frequent conflicts have been experienced among these communities due to scarcity of natural resources and drought. Pastoralists in Kenya are concern with raising their livestock, …
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Ilng'wesi Maasai: Livelihoods and Moral Identity in Northern Laikipia, Kenya
Recent literature on pastoralism tends to either portray it as a largely maladaptive practice on the brink of collapse, or as a highly adaptive set of practices that enable resilience in the face of change and uncertainty. This dissertation seeks to find a solution to this impasse and contribute to …