Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia

Pastoralists' indigenous knowledge (IK) about ecology and social organization led to rangeland-management strategies appropriate to deal with the erratic rainfall in African drylands. Herd mobility was traditionally practiced as the key strate...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6082141/integrating-indigenous-knowledge-borana-pastoralists-rangeland-management-strategies-southern-ethiopia
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spelling okr-10986-107532021-04-23T14:02:52Z Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia World Bank ANIMALS CAMELS CATTLE CATTLE HUSBANDRY CULTIVATION DECISION MAKING DROUGHT DRY SEASONS DRYLANDS ECOLOGY EROSION EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FERTILE PASTURES FORAGE GRAZING GRAZING AREA GRAZING PRESSURE GRAZING RESERVES GRAZING RESOURCES GRAZING SYSTEM HERD COMPOSITION HERD MOBILITY HERD SIZE HERDERS HERDING HERDING GROUPS HERDS INCOME INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOWLANDS NATURAL RESOURCES NGOS PASTORAL COMMUNITIES PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT PASTORAL HOUSEHOLDS PASTORAL INSTITUTIONS PASTORAL POPULATION PASTORALISM PASTORALISTS PASTURE PASTURE MANAGEMENT PASTURES POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY RAINFALL RANCHES RANGELAND RANGELAND CONDITIONS RANGELAND MANAGEMENT RANGELAND RESOURCES RANGELANDS RESOURCE USE SMALL HERDS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRADITIONAL GRAZING WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WELLS Pastoralists' indigenous knowledge (IK) about ecology and social organization led to rangeland-management strategies appropriate to deal with the erratic rainfall in African drylands. Herd mobility was traditionally practiced as the key strategy to make use of the scattered rangeland resources on a large scale. 2012-08-13T13:02:14Z 2012-08-13T13:02:14Z 2005-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6082141/integrating-indigenous-knowledge-borana-pastoralists-rangeland-management-strategies-southern-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10753 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 81 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia
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topic ANIMALS
CAMELS
CATTLE
CATTLE HUSBANDRY
CULTIVATION
DECISION MAKING
DROUGHT
DRY SEASONS
DRYLANDS
ECOLOGY
EROSION
EXTENSION
EXTENSION SERVICES
FERTILE PASTURES
FORAGE
GRAZING
GRAZING AREA
GRAZING PRESSURE
GRAZING RESERVES
GRAZING RESOURCES
GRAZING SYSTEM
HERD COMPOSITION
HERD MOBILITY
HERD SIZE
HERDERS
HERDING
HERDING GROUPS
HERDS
INCOME
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
LOWLANDS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NGOS
PASTORAL COMMUNITIES
PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT
PASTORAL HOUSEHOLDS
PASTORAL INSTITUTIONS
PASTORAL POPULATION
PASTORALISM
PASTORALISTS
PASTURE
PASTURE MANAGEMENT
PASTURES
POPULATION GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY
RAINFALL
RANCHES
RANGELAND
RANGELAND CONDITIONS
RANGELAND MANAGEMENT
RANGELAND RESOURCES
RANGELANDS
RESOURCE USE
SMALL HERDS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TRADITIONAL GRAZING
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WELLS
spellingShingle ANIMALS
CAMELS
CATTLE
CATTLE HUSBANDRY
CULTIVATION
DECISION MAKING
DROUGHT
DRY SEASONS
DRYLANDS
ECOLOGY
EROSION
EXTENSION
EXTENSION SERVICES
FERTILE PASTURES
FORAGE
GRAZING
GRAZING AREA
GRAZING PRESSURE
GRAZING RESERVES
GRAZING RESOURCES
GRAZING SYSTEM
HERD COMPOSITION
HERD MOBILITY
HERD SIZE
HERDERS
HERDING
HERDING GROUPS
HERDS
INCOME
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
LOWLANDS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NGOS
PASTORAL COMMUNITIES
PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT
PASTORAL HOUSEHOLDS
PASTORAL INSTITUTIONS
PASTORAL POPULATION
PASTORALISM
PASTORALISTS
PASTURE
PASTURE MANAGEMENT
PASTURES
POPULATION GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY
RAINFALL
RANCHES
RANGELAND
RANGELAND CONDITIONS
RANGELAND MANAGEMENT
RANGELAND RESOURCES
RANGELANDS
RESOURCE USE
SMALL HERDS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TRADITIONAL GRAZING
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WELLS
World Bank
Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia
geographic_facet Africa
Ethiopia
relation Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 81
description Pastoralists' indigenous knowledge (IK) about ecology and social organization led to rangeland-management strategies appropriate to deal with the erratic rainfall in African drylands. Herd mobility was traditionally practiced as the key strategy to make use of the scattered rangeland resources on a large scale.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia
title_short Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia
title_full Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia
title_fullStr Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia
title_sort integrating the indigenous knowledge of borana pastoralists into rangeland management strategies in southern ethiopia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6082141/integrating-indigenous-knowledge-borana-pastoralists-rangeland-management-strategies-southern-ethiopia
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