ISBN:
9781136255854
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9780415540728
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (314 pages)
Series Statement:
Pathways to Sustainability Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
333.74/150963
Keywords:
Herders -- Horn of Africa -- Economic conditions
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Herders -- Africa, Eastern -- Economic conditions
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Pastoral systems -- Horn of Africa
;
Pastoral systems -- Africa, Eastern
;
Economic development -- Horn of Africa
;
Economic development -- Africa, Eastern
;
Horn of Africa -- Economic conditions
;
Electronic books
;
Economic development ; Africa, Eastern
;
Economic development ; Horn of Africa
;
Herders ; Africa, Eastern ; Economic conditions
;
Herders ; Horn of Africa ; Economic conditions
;
Horn of Africa ; Economic conditions
;
Pastoral systems ; Africa, Eastern
;
Pastoral systems ; Horn of Africa
;
Africa, Eastern ; Economic conditions
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Once again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions: to the changing climate, to environmental degradation, to overpopulation, to geopolitics and conflict, to aid agency failures, and more. But it is not all disaster and catastrophe. Many successful development efforts at 'the margins' often remain hidden, informal, sometimes illegal; and rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. If we shift our gaze from the capital cities to the regional centres and their hinterlands, then a very different perspective emerges. These are the places where pastoralists live. They have for centuries struggled with drought, conflict and famine. They are resourceful, entrepreneurial and innovative peoples. Yet they have been ignored and marginalised by the states that control their territory and the development agencies who are supposed to help them. This book argues that, while we should not ignore the profound difficulties of creating secure livelihoods in the Greater Horn of Africa, there is much to be learned from development successes, large and small. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars with an interest in development studies and human geography, with a particular emphasis on Africa. It will also appeal to development policy-makers and practitioners.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Development at the margins: pastoralism in the Horn of Africa -- PART I Resources and production -- 2 The sustainability of pastoral production in Africa -- 3 Rangeland enclosures in Southern Oromia, Ethiopia: an innovative response or the erosion of common property resources? -- 4 Pastoralists and irrigation in the Horn of Africa: time for a rethink? -- 5 Counting the costs: replacing pastoralism with irrigated agriculture in the Awash Valley -- 6 Climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: what consequences for pastoralism? -- PART II Commercialization and markets -- 7 Moving up or moving out? Commercialization, growth and destitution in pastoralist areas -- 8 Pastoralists' innovative responses to new camel export market opportunities on the Kenya/Ethiopia borderlands -- 9 'Responsible companies' and African livestock-keepers: helping, teaching but not learning? -- 10 Town camels and milk villages: the growth of camel milk marketing in the Somali Region of Ethiopia -- PART III Land and conflict -- 11 The future of pastoralist conflict in the Horn of Africa -- 12 Land grabbing in the Eastern African rangelands -- 13 Land deals and the changing political economy of livelihoods in the Tana Delta, Kenya -- 14 Squeezed from all sides: changing resource tenure and pastoralist innovation on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya -- 15 Mobile pastoralism and land grabbing in Sudan: impacts and responses -- 16 The need to strengthen land laws in Ethiopia to protect pastoral rights -- PART IV Alternative livelihoods -- 17 Seeking alternative livelihoods in pastoral areas -- 18 Reaching pastoralists with formal education: a distance-learning strategy for Kenya -- 19 Social protection for pastoralists.
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