Pastoral Development and Grazing Resource Management in Nigerian Savannah Areas

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1998

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"In Africa, policy interventions to increase livestock productivity centre around the sedentarization of the herdsmen. However, the encouragement of the transition from a nomadic pastoral economy to a sedentary one often entails serious ecological and economic risks. Nonetheless, evidence has shown that the limited potential of available natural resources can possibly be used wisely and flexibly under difficult and varying ecological conditions based on local technical knowledge and management systems of most pastoral communities. Such management usually involves elaborate rules, regulations and sanctions. With the local management system it has been possible not only to minimize production loss but also to resolve social conflicts. In general, however, results concerning the effectiveness of local management systems have been mixed. Whereas the systems have worked in many places, failures have been recorded in several others. This underscores the need to investigate existing systems with due regard to their peculiarities and ascertain the conditions under which successful management can be accomplished."

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IASC, pastoralism, grazing, resource management, monitoring and sanctioning, rules, livestock

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