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Review of Pastoralists’ Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change: Can Technology Help Pastoralists Mitigate The Risks? [PDF]
International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2018 In the changing environments globally, it is essential to look deeply into the effects of climate change on rangelands, pastoralists and livestock grazing, and into how the pastoralists cope with the climatic changes and challenges.
Hasrat Arjjumend
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Traditional ecological knowledge underlying herding decisions of pastoralists
Animal, 2018 Pastoralists have traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), which is important for their livelihoods and for policies and interventions. Pastoralism is under pressure, however, which may result in a decline of pastoral lifestyle and its related TEK.
C. Tamou +3 more
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Crowding at Lake Chad : an integrated approach to demographic and health surveillance of mobile pastoralists and their animals [PDF]
, 2015 Despite substantial contribution to the economies of their countries, mobile pastoralists are marginalised in many aspects of their daily lives. Mobility complicates their access to schooling or health and veterinary services.
Jean-Richard, Vreni
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The Kere of Madagascar: a qualitative exploration of community experiences and perspectives
Ecology and Society, 2022 The Kere is a recurrent famine occurring in the south of Madagascar that emerged substantively in the 1930s. Each major event claims thousands of lives and keeps many in a cycle of impoverishment, despite the existence of various aid-based responses ...
Maixent I. Ralaingita +4 more
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Scientific African, 2021 The Maasai pastoralists inhabiting Kajiado County have been known for their rich cultural values which have sustained their livelihoods. However, these cultural practices are evolving under the swift development context with the private holding of land ...
James Kaoga +4 more
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No safety net in the face of climate change: The case of pastoralists in Kunene Region, Namibia
PLoS ONE, 2020 Over the past decade, pastoralists in Kunene Region, Namibia, have endured recurrent drought and flood events that have culminated in the loss of their primary form of livelihood–pastoralism.
Emilia N. Inman +3 more
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Pastoralist health care in Kenya
International Journal of Integrated Care, 2001 Health care for the Kenyan pastoralist people has serious shortcomings and it must be delivered under difficult circumstances. Often, the most basic requirements cannot be met, due to the limited accessibility of health care provisions to pastoralists ...
Huka H. Duba +2 more
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Ecology and SocietyDespite pastoralists’ contributions to local food systems in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, resource constraints, conflict, and climate emergencies are threatening pastoralists’ abilities to thrive.
Elizabeth L Fox +8 more
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KAZNET: An Open-Source, Micro-Tasking Platform for Remote Locations
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Field surveys are the workhorse of social and environmental research, but conventional collection through monitors or enumerators are cost prohibitive in many remote or otherwise difficult settings, which can lead to a poor understanding of those ...
Philemon Chelanga +12 more
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Sustainable EnvironmentEthiopia’s weak ability to tolerate climate change and its restricted livelihood options hinder its ability to adapt to it. The fluctuations and changes in the climate have a significant effect on pastoralists.
Girma Amare +2 more
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