Introduction Extensive pastoralism as practiced by East African pastoralists such as the Samburu of Northern Kenya, is premised on access to relatively large tracts of rangeland. Most pastoral land has been communally managed by groups of pastoralists who have, over time, developed rules and norms for regulating access to and use of the resources. In recent years, however, a number of pastoral ...

background : sedentary lifestyle represents a growing health problem and considering that there is already a range of unhealthy habits that are marked as health risk factors and the increasing prevalence of sedentary lifestyle worldwide, we aimed to investigate association of sedentary way of living in suburb, working class local community with socioec-onomic determinants such as educational le...

The farmer-herder conflicts (FHCs) in Nigeria have aggravated recent years, and so too has its scholarly inquiry. However, there is yet a critical geopolitics analysis of the despite their geopolitical manifestations. This paper explores imagination based on “ Grammar Geopolitics approach” Gearóid Tuathail. Data used were newspapers’ stories supplemented by government independent bodies’ report...

This study examined the quest for agricultural development in Nigeria vis-à-vis conditions of rural access roads South-east Nigeria. Specifically, investigated impact condition three types roads, namely, bush-paths, gravel-surfaced and tarred on quantity food crops produced by smallholder farmers, their income levels, contribution to GDP. The adopted quantitative research method cross-sectional...

The proliferation of commercialization in the development urban agriculture (UA) within Great Bandung region has precipitated dislocation numerous small-scale farmers, consequently engendering a reduction accessibility locally cultivated sustenance. resultant effect this phenomenon is exacerbation food insecurity among low-income inhabitants who lack financial wherewithal to procure relatively ...

IHDP Update 2.2008 Fundamental, policy-driven changes are transforming China's rangelands in response to a perceived threat of environmental degradation. Having transferred livestock property from state to private ownership over the past two decades, government policy is now encouraging pastoralists to privatise parts of the natural resource, in the form of fenced enclosures. In other areas, th...

Drought is a complicated natural hazard that has far-reaching social and environmental impacts. In Ethiopia's diverse agro ecological zones, drought remains severe challenge problem. Livestock rising one of the agricultural sub-sectors provide income livelihood to around one-third African inhabitants accounts for 30–50 percent GDP. Pastoralists on Ethiopia-Kenya-Somalia border endured extreme s...

Crop production and livestock are main economic activities of most populations in Maradi region. A study was carried out order to characterize farms terms farming practices crops integration 4 villages Aguié. The results surveys randomly conducted on a sample 78 farmers showed that were categorized into two groups, which (67%) agro-pastoralists (33%). However, the multivariate analysis data hig...

Agriculture has a key role to play in reducing poverty and hunger in many developing countries. About 75% of the world's poor live in rural areas and most are dependent on agriculture and related activities in the rural economy. For this reason the benefits for developing countries’ farmers have been shown to be substantial if OECD member countries reformed their agricultural policies. The issu...