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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Hundie, Bekele; Padmanabhan, Martina Aruna |
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Date:
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2008 |
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Agency:
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CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi), International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC |
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Series:
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CAPRi Working Paper No. 87 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3845
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Sector:
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Social Organization
Grazing |
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Region:
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Africa |
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Subject(s):
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Afar (Ethiopian people)
property rights
pastoralism
agriculture
drought
common pool resources
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Abstract:
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"The major economic activity for pastoralists is animal husbandry. The harsh environment in which herders raise their livestock requires constant mobility to regulate resource utilization via a common property regime. In contrast to the mobile way of life characterizing pastoralism, agriculture as a sedentary activity is only marginally present in the lowlands of the Afar regional state in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, this study reveals a situation where the traditional land-use arrangements in Afar are being transformed due to the introduction of farming. In the past, the Imperial and the Socialist governments introduced large-scale agriculture in a coercive manner, thereby instigating massive resistance from the pastoralists. Currently, the recurrence of drought in the study areas has facilitated the subdivision of the communal land on a voluntary basis for the purpose of farming. Qualitative and quantitative analysis highlight the drivers, both coercive and non-coercive, of the transformation of traditional property rights of Afar pastoralists."
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