Integrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern Ethiopia

World Bank2012-08-132012-08-132005-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10753Pastoralists' indigenous knowledge (IK) about ecology and social organization led to rangeland-management strategies appropriate to deal with the erratic rainfall in African drylands. Herd mobility was traditionally practiced as the key strategy to make use of the scattered rangeland resources on a large scale.CC BY 3.0 IGOANIMALSCAMELSCATTLECATTLE HUSBANDRYCULTIVATIONDECISION MAKINGDROUGHTDRY SEASONSDRYLANDSECOLOGYEROSIONEXTENSIONEXTENSION SERVICESFERTILE PASTURESFORAGEGRAZINGGRAZING AREAGRAZING PRESSUREGRAZING RESERVESGRAZING RESOURCESGRAZING SYSTEMHERD COMPOSITIONHERD MOBILITYHERD SIZEHERDERSHERDINGHERDING GROUPSHERDSINCOMEINDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGELIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKLOWLANDSNATURAL RESOURCESNGOSPASTORAL COMMUNITIESPASTORAL DEVELOPMENTPASTORAL HOUSEHOLDSPASTORAL INSTITUTIONSPASTORAL POPULATIONPASTORALISMPASTORALISTSPASTUREPASTURE MANAGEMENTPASTURESPOPULATION GROWTHPRODUCTIVITYRAINFALLRANCHESRANGELANDRANGELAND CONDITIONSRANGELAND MANAGEMENTRANGELAND RESOURCESRANGELANDSRESOURCE USESMALL HERDSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICATRADITIONAL GRAZINGWATER MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWELLSIntegrating the Indigenous Knowledge of Borana Pastoralists into Rangeland Management Strategies in Southern EthiopiaWorld Bank10.1596/10753