Perception and attitude of pastoralists on the use and conservation of rangeland resources in Afar Region, Ethiopia

Tilahun, Minyahel; Angassa, Ayana; Abebe, Aster; Molla, Alemayehu

doi:10.1186/s13717-016-0062-4

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“…Recurrent drought is influencing livestock production in the study area, which is in agreement with previous findings (Kassahun et al 2008;Tilahun et al 2016) in pastoral area of the country. Drought affects pasture availability in rangelands (Kassahun et al 2008;Gezahegn et al 2015), and this is reflected on livestock production and productivity around ANP, thus affecting pastoral livelihoods and food insecurity.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Similar to earlier studies conducted around ANP (Zeray 2008;Beyene 2012;Tilahun et al 2016), higher livestock holdings was reported in Afar households (19.2 ± 2.2), followed by Kereyu (12.6 ± 2.7), and Ittu (7.6 ± 1.9). The lower mean TLU in Ittu might be related with the strict sedentary agropastoral mode of life than the pastoral Afar and Kereyu ethnic groups (Beyene 2012;Gebeyehu et al 2016).…”

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confidence: 77%

“…The lower mean TLU in Ittu might be related with the strict sedentary agropastoral mode of life than the pastoral Afar and Kereyu ethnic groups (Beyene 2012;Gebeyehu et al 2016). However, herd size per household declined through time (Zeray 2008;Tilahun et al 2016), due to feed shortage, lack of water, and climate change. Our result also showed that livestock owners are keeping more browser species than grazers due to shortage of quality pasture.…”

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Perception and attitude of pastoralists on livestock-wildlife interactions around Awash National Park, Ethiopia: implication for biodiversity conservation

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Introduction: Pastoral livestock share grazing areas and watering points with wildlife around the protected areas in Eastern Africa. This causes a high degree of livestock-wildlife interactions, leading to conflicts between the local community and park staff. Thus, understanding the perception and attitude of local people towards livestockwildlife interaction is very crucial to optimize both livestock production and biodiversity conservation in protected areas. This paper presents the perception and attitude of local community towards livestock-wildlife interactions around Awash National Park (ANP), Ethiopia. Methods: Interview to 180 randomly selected households, representing Afar, Ittu, and Kereyu ethnic groups living around ANP, was conducted from August to December 2015 using a semi-structured questionnaire. Data on community attitude towards wildlife, livestock production systems, and its constraints were collected through focus group-and key informant discussions. We used ordinal logistic regression model to analyze community attitude towards wildlife conservation. Results: Respondents ranked feed shortage (0.38), lack of water (0.32), and climate change (0.30) as the major constraints of livestock production around ANP. A high degree of conflict (79%; χ 2 = 24.09; df = 2; P = 0.000) between the local community and park was recorded. About 73% of the households would be ready to live in harmony with the park. However, 85% of park staff considered the community as a threat, due to high livestock grazing pressure and illegal park resource use. Overall, community attitude towards wildlife significantly varied (χ 2 = 46.28; df = 4; P = 0.00) particularly due to educational level (χ 2 = 15.96; df = 6; P = 0.014), income source (χ 2 = 16.77; df = 2; P = 0.00), and distance of household from ANP (χ 2 = 20.51; df = 4; P = 0.00). The logistic regression model revealed that ethnic group, education, benefit obtained, and conflict with the park were significantly associated with attitude towards wildlife (χ

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“…The authors attributed the declines to increase in land uses at the expense of grazing land among them, expansion of cultivation areas, clearing of land for settlement leading to loss of vegetation in the area. Tilahun et al (2016) also observed that livestock holdings on average was higher in non-intervened than The nomadic land-use site still supports large livestock numbers and herd mobility as compared to those which have been subdivided. The nomadic pastoral system maintains mobile, large-scale livestock movement and avoids heavy grazing pressure on grasslands as opposed to the semi-nomadic and sedentary systems (Groom and Western 2013;Western et al 2009).…”

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Impacts of long-term land-use changes on herd size and mobility among pastoral households in Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya

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Introduction: Long-term changes in rangeland ecosystems of the world have impacted on the livestock production, a key livelihood strategy in these areas. This paper presents perceptions of the pastoral community on the dynamics of pastoral livelihoods under three land-use types namely nomadic, semi-nomadic, and sedentary in Amboseli ecosystem located in southern Kenya. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data concerning household livestock herds, perceived livestock trends and their causes, importance of migration, sedentarization, and land subdivision, and were administered to respondents randomly selected from the three land-use types. Results: The study shows that the livestock herd size was higher in nomadic (117.1) and lower in sedentary (56.6) land-use site. The majority of the respondents in nomadic (79%), semi-nomadic (73%), and sedentary (64%) reported a declining trend in household herd size. The declines were mostly attributed to recurrent droughts and loss of grazing lands. Conclusions: Pastoralism remains an important livelihood strategy to majority of households in the study area; therefore, to achieve sustainable livelihood strategies, grazing lands should be maintained.

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“…People influence plant distribution and need management of invasions to reduce impacts and enhance benefit thus an understanding of social perspectives is important (Mulugeta, 2006). In recent years, growing bodies of literatures (Oba, 1998;Angassa et al, 2012;Tilahun et al, 2016) have tried to inform policy makers and development practitioners to recognize community's knowledge for sustainable management of their environment. Previous studies (Feye, 2007;Angassa et al, 2012;Tilahun et al, 2016) have also shown that communities' knowledge has a role to play in the advancement of scientific research and attainment of sustainable development goals.…”

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Socio-economic and environmental impacts of invasive plant species in selected districts of Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia

Mussa¹,

Teka²,

Aliye³

2018

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Understanding the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of invasive plant species from the affected communities' perspectives is essential to design and plan sustainable control and prevention strategies. Hence, understanding the socio-economic and environmental impacts in the infested and susceptible areas such as Bale zone is very crucial. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess socio-economic impacts of in lowlands of Bale zone, Southeastern Ethiopia. House hold survey, focus group discussion and key informant interview to understand socio-economic and environmental impacts invasive plant species were used. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) (v. 20) was used for data collection. The results showed that a total of 12 invasive plant species were recorded, and of which Parthenium hysterophorus, Xanthium strumarium, Argemone ochroleuca, Ceasalpinia spp, Acacia bussie, Acacia mellifera, Acacia seyal and Acacia tortolis were highly distributed in the study areas. Respondents reported that heavy infestation of invasive plant species were found on the roadsides followed by arable land. The invasive plant species has also certain economic and ecological benefits. The local communities blame the invasive plant species for their negative impacts on biodiversity, degrading ecosystems, livestock and livestock products, crops, animal and human health. The study result showed that the local community utilizes chemical, mechanical and biological methods to reduce and control the impacts even though the percent of households that were trying to control is very low. Community perception showed the invasive plants species infesting grazing lands, crop lands, road sides, frosts and settlement areas. However, much has not been done to alert the local people on the danger of environmental impacts on biodiversity, agriculture and health. The menace of the species is increasing at an alarming rate, thus control methods have to be designed to stop further spreading into Bale Mountain National Parks.Key words: Environmental impacts, invasive alien species, socio-economic impacts, Southeast Ethiopia. INTRODUCTIONGlobalization has brought social and economic benefits to many people, but it has also presented new challenges of which invasive alien species (IAS) are among the most significant. At no time in history has the rate of biological invasion (Mack et al., 2000) or the diversity and volume of these invaders been so high and the consequences so great (Reaser et al., 2007).Ethiopia has a long history in the introduction of alien 674 Afr. J. Agric. Res. plant species, especially those which were found to be productive elsewhere and offered potential economic benefits to the country. In many other countries in the tropics, hundreds of alien plant species have entered Ethiopia intentionally and unintentionally (Abdulahi et al., 2017). In the country, there are many invasive plant species that are posing negative impacts on native biodiversity, agricultural lands, range lands, national parks, water ways, lakes...

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Perception and attitude of pastoralists on the use and conservation of rangeland resources in Afar Region, Ethiopia

Cited by 21 publications

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Perception and attitude of pastoralists on livestock-wildlife interactions around Awash National Park, Ethiopia: implication for biodiversity conservation

Perception and attitude of pastoralists on livestock-wildlife interactions around Awash National Park, Ethiopia: implication for biodiversity conservation

Impacts of long-term land-use changes on herd size and mobility among pastoral households in Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya

Socio-economic and environmental impacts of invasive plant species in selected districts of Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia

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