| dc.contributor.author |
Hundie, Bekele |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.author |
Padmanabhan, Martina Aruna |
en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2009-07-31T15:09:36Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2009-07-31T15:09:36Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2008 |
en_US |
| dc.date.submitted |
2008-07-25 |
en_US |
| dc.date.submitted |
2008-07-25 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3845 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
"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." |
en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries |
CAPRi Working Paper No. 87 |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Afar (Ethiopian people) |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
property rights |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
pastoralism |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
agriculture |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
drought |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
common pool resources |
en_US |
| dc.title |
The Transformation of the Afar Commons in Ethiopia: State Coercion, Diversification, and Property Rights Change among Pastoralists |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Working Paper |
en_US |
| dc.publisher.workingpaperseries |
CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi), International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.region |
Africa |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.country |
Ethiopia |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Social Organization |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Grazing |
en_US |
| dc.submitter.email |
efcastle@indiana.edu |
en_US |