Livestock Diversification: an Adaptive Strategy to Climate and Rangeland Ecosystem Changes in Southern Ethiopia

Pastoral cattle production in southern Ethiopia is becoming increasingly vulnerable to impacts of climate variability and rangeland resource degradation, giving rise to livestock diversification. Using a household (n = 242) survey among herders, the relative functions, adaptability and vulnerability...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Human Ecology 2014-08, Vol.42 (4), p.509-520
Hauptverfasser:	Megersa, Bekele, Markemann, André, Angassa, Ayana, Ogutu, Joseph O, Piepho, Hans-Peter, Valle Zárate, Anne
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptability Adoption Africa Analysis Animal Husbandry Animal populations Anthropology Beef cattle Camels Cattle Cattle production climate Climate change Climate variability Drought Economic factors Ecosystems Encroachment Environmental changes Environmental degradation Environmental Management Ethiopia Family Size Geography Germany Goats Herding Households Iran Kenya labor livelihood Livestock Livestock industry Natural resources Pastoralism Rangelands Resilience Sheep Social Sciences Sociology Surveys Sustainable agriculture United Kingdom Vulnerability Zebu
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