Llama (Lama glama) and alpaca (Vicugna pacos) are the only large domesticated animals indigenous to the Americas. Pastoralism occupies a fundamental economic, social and religious role in Andean life. Today, camelid livestock are confined to the ecozone of the puna (above 3,500 masl), while their presence on the Pacific coast during pre-Hispanic times is attested by archaeological skeletal rema...

Nomadic pastoralism has thrived in Asia’s rangelands for several millennia by tracking seasonal changes in forage productivity and coping with a harsh climate. This pastoralist lifestyle, however, has come under intense transformations in recent decades due to socio-political and land use changes. One example is of the high-altitude trans-Himalayan rangelands of the Jammu and Kashmir State in n...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recognises transhumance pastoralism as a beneficial livestock production system that can contribute to food security together with economic and political stability. Thus, the subregional bloc put ECOWAS Protocol on Transhumance supporting regulations actualise these benefits. These policies seek regulate by ensuring herd movements are along...

Irrigation as a climate-smart practice in agriculture is identified strategy accompanying the transformation witnessed where dryland community transitioning from pastoralism to agro-pastoralism. This learning and nurturing new adaptation strategies adapt diminishing yet crucial natural resources. article identifies socio-economic factors that encourage or hinder uptake of irrigation an among La...