The goal of this paper is to explain why and how increasing commoditization incorporation in the market economy are only now leading a critical transition from pastoralism ranching Central Africa. While there similarities between capitalism—in both systems, entrepreneurs strategically maximizing their “stock”—there also differences. We argue that these differences can be understood as two disti...

An epidemiological survey of haemoparasitic infection in trade cattle was carried out at Lafenwa abattoir, Abeokuta, from August to November 2008. Thin Blood film and Haematocrit Centrifugation Techniques were used detect haemoparasites. A total 452 that comprised 174 cows 278 bulls examined. The breeds included 78 'Red Bororo', 14 'Sokoto Gudali' 360 'White Fulani'. Packed cell volume (PCV), r...

The Nigerian Middle Belt is the epicentre of violent conflicts between Fulani herders and sedentary farmers over land agricultural resources called eco-violence; existing research has not adequately addressed persistence these conflicts. Using Social Representations Theory (SRT), this paper examines empirical case studies conducted in April 2018 May 2022 Benue State, Nigeria, to determine why p...

This study concerns the Mbororo of Ngaoui Sub-division (Cameroon). And for some good reasons: unlike those Chad, Central African Republic (CAR) or certain regions Cameroon such as West, Far North, North and East, where they constitute a vulnerable, dominated marginalized group, have succeeded in establishing themselves dominant group. is due to their sedentarization caused by boom cattle market...

Phenotypic characterization of Bunaji (White Fulani) and Bunaji x Friesian breed cattle of the institutional herd of National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) Shika; Kaduna State, Nigeria was carried out for the purpose of comparism. A total of 163 cattle were used comprising 20 Bunaji Bulls, 106 Bunaji cows and 37 Bunaji x Friesian. Data measured directly from the animals in the he...