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Abstract Indigenous weather forecasting (IWF) is practised by various communities around the world. Access to meteorological limited in eastern Africa’s pastoral regions. As a result, pastoralists frequently rely on indigenous indicators. This paper investigates use of IWF drought among Gujii southern Ethiopia. To collect data, household surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant inter...

Human parents require significant support to raise multiple, highly dependent offspring. Grandmothers are often highlighted as key allomothers (non-maternal caregivers) and their presence is frequently associated with increased child survivorship, leading some describe humans cooperative breeders. Equally well documented the diversity of human childcare systems, where a wide range individuals i...

We model interhousehold transfers between nomadic livestock herders as the statedependent consequence of individuals’ strategic interdependence resulting from the existence of multiple, opposing externalities. A public good security externality among individuals sharing a social (e.g., ethnic) identity in a potentially hostile environment creates incentives to band together. Self-interested int...

Bull service is the most common insemination method in pastoral herds grazing rangelands. To accelerate multiplication and distribution of access to high quality Sahiwal genetics communities, development agencies have promoted use Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) Kenyan However, sustainable ARTs uncertain because herd owners attach value bull calves genetic merits for breeding, which a...

Climate change is a global phenomenon that involves the long-term fluctuation of earth’s climate system. Specifically, acknowledged as vital challenge to pastoralist production systems. However, limited research attention was given exploring determinants adaptation strategies in southeastern part Ethiopia. Thus, study tried assess predictors pastoralists’ Korahey zone The based on survey 215 re...