Pastoralism and Development in Africa

Catley, Andy; Lind, Jeremy; Scoones, Ian

doi:10.4324/9780203105979

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“…Contrary to the persistent claims that pastoralism as a system of production and way of life is no longer viable, pastoralism continues, although in many new forms [24].…”

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Dwindling Ethnoveterinary Alternative Use Among Fulani Pastoralists: A Case Study

Olutayo¹,

Deborah²

2022

Act Sci VetSci

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EVM (Ethnoveterinary Medicine), the scientific term for traditional animal health care, encompasses the knowledge, skills, methods, practices, and beliefs about animal health care among members of a community. In Nigeria, pastoralists are known to treat animal diseases with herbs and other traditional medical practices before the advent of conventional medicine. EVM medical practice is widespread among pastoral herdsmen and village livestock keepers in Nigeria. While there is research recognition of the need to modernize and commercialize age-long tradition as herbal and EVM alternatives to current western veterinary medicine, it is a paradox that younger Fulani pastoralists are more in support of the use of packaged modern medication methods that are available, though expensive. This article is a 2016 study that sought to test EVK among Fulani pastoralists who have migrated to southwest Nigeria, specifically of the migrants of Eruwa, Ibarapa LGA, Oyo State Nigeria. The study area is sub-urban Eruwa town (7°32'59" N27°0'0"E), headquarters Ibarapa East LGA, Oyo State, South West Nigeria, where Fulani Pastoralists have settled for decades. Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools used in this study were semi-structured interviews, triangulation, and focus group discussions. A simple stratified sample collection method was used in the sample size determination. Two members of staff from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan rural field clinic-the Eruwa Veterinary Field Station EVFS served as key informants in identifying important clusters of livestock owners and entry points. Twenty (20) individual interviews and twenty (20) group interviews were carried out. This study has shown that Foot-and-Mouth Disease, CBPP, Skin disease, Trypanosomosis and Helminthosis were the major diseases/ health problems of epizootiological importance in the study area. Results indicate that there is rich EVK among elderly Fulani pastoralists in Eruwa, and poor knowledge of EVM among the younger generation. Conventional medicines have been so abused and thus creating problems of drug resistance. This is common among the pastoralists of Eruwa, as the conventional drug is available in the Kara cattle market they go weekly and they treat their animals themselves most of the time.

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“…Contrary to the persistent claims that pastoralism as a system of production and way of life is no longer viable, pastoralism continues, although in many new forms [24].…”

Section: Bibliographymentioning

confidence: 84%

Dwindling Ethnoveterinary Alternative Use Among Fulani Pastoralists: A Case Study

Olutayo¹,

Deborah²

2022

Act Sci VetSci

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“…Though framed as indigenous‐led CBFiM projects, abatement schemes demand top‐down institutional regulations and accounting methodologies, prioritizing emissions objectives over local empowerment. The implicit assumption that pastoral societies employ homogenous burning practices worldwide overlooks the diverse reasons socio‐culturally distinct IPLCs use fire and influence local fire regimes, reducing these groups to a singular identity and discounting the need for project developers to carry out nuanced inquiries in local contexts (see Supporting Information S1, Table S4) (Catley et al., 2013; Muller et al., 2019; UNU‐IAS, 2015).…”

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Community‐Based Fire Management in East and Southern African Savanna‐Protected Areas: A Review of the Published Evidence

Croker,

Woods,

Kountouris

2023

Earth's Future

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The introduction of fire suppression policies and expansion of exclusionary protected areas in East and Southern African savannas have engendered a wildfire paradox. Outside protected areas, livestock have replaced fire as the dominant fuel consumer. Inside their boundaries, wildfire intensity has increased due to accumulating flammable biomass. Community‐Based Fire Management (CBFiM) is recognized as an alternative fire management strategy to address the wildfire paradox and promote equitable fire governance across conservation landscapes. Yet, there has been little investigation into the implementation and effectiveness of CBFiM across East and Southern Africa's savanna‐protected areas. Here we employ a social‐ecological systems framework to develop a systematic map of the published literature on the framing and features of CBFiM in this context. We characterize the challenges and opportunities for their design and implementation, focusing on the relationship between governance systems and community participation in fire management. We find that CBFiM projects are commonly governed by the state and international non‐governmental organisations who retain decision‐making power and determine access to savanna resources and fire use. Existing CBFiM projects are limited to communal rangelands and are developed within existing Community‐Based Natural Resource Management programs prioritizing fire prevention and suppression. Planned CBFiM projects propose an exclusive early‐dry season patch mosaic burning regime to incorporate indigenous fire knowledge into modern management frameworks, but evidence of indigenous and local peoples' involvement is scarce. To provide equitable fire management, CBFiM projects need to address inequalities embedded in protected area governance and centralized suppression policies, and account for changing state‐society and intra‐society relations across the region.

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“…Whether national or regional policy frameworks governing international migration or the regional policy frameworks defining pastoral policy, such as emerging in Africa from the African Union, IGAD or ECOWAS 1 (Davies et al, 2018), there is a clear need for a more flexible, plural, decentred approach, premised on a multi-level governance framework that can encompass decentralised local knowledges and practices (Triandafyllidou, 2020), requiring policy to see the world like migrants or pastoralists (Catley et al, 2013). This means a rethinking of 'global compacts' premised on regularised stability and order, challenging current framings so asto allow for the enhancement of reliability practices and professionals, putting uncertainty at the centre.…”

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Embracing uncertainty: rethinking migration policy through pastoralists' experiences

Maru¹,

Nori²,

Scoones³

et al. 2022

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<p>Today there is a disjuncture between migration flows that are complex, mixed and constantly evolving and the emerging global migration governance paradigm that seeks to impose clarity, certainty, regularity and order. Addressing the gap between policies and realities, this article explores lessons for migration policy and governance from mobile pastoralists' experience. Using examples from human migration flows within and between Europe and Africa and insights from pastoral systems from India, Italy and Kenya, the article identifies important similarities between international migration and pastoral mobility. We focus on four interconnections: both international migration and pastoral mobility show multi-directional and fragmented patterns; both involve multiple, intersecting socio-economic, political, cultural and environmental drivers; both must respond to non-linear systems, where critical junctures and tipping points undermine clear prediction and forecasts, making social navigation and reliability management more useful concepts than risk-based prediction and control and finally for both uncertainty is not conceived of as a state of crisis but an inherent feature, pregnant with possibility and hope. Building on these four points, and drawing from pastoralists' experiences, we propose some methodological, practical and policy reflections for bridging the disjuncture between migration realities on the ground and global migration governance policies and discourses.</p>

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Pastoralism and Development in Africa

Cited by 121 publications

References 198 publications

Dwindling Ethnoveterinary Alternative Use Among Fulani Pastoralists: A Case Study

Dwindling Ethnoveterinary Alternative Use Among Fulani Pastoralists: A Case Study

Community‐Based Fire Management in East and Southern African Savanna‐Protected Areas: A Review of the Published Evidence

Embracing uncertainty: rethinking migration policy through pastoralists' experiences

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