This book examines the management of policy implications for pastoral development in dryland areas. The contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contributors vi; Preface ix; Acknowledgements xiii; 1 New directions in pastoral development in Africa 1; IAN SCOONES; 2 Climate variability and complex ecosystem dynamics: implications for pastoral development 37; JIM ELLIS; 3 New directions in range management planning in Africa 47; GREGORY PERRIER; 4 Forage alternatives from range and field: pastoral forage; management and improvement in the African drylands 58; WOLFGANG BAYER and ANN WATERS-BAYER; 5 Livestock marketing in pastoral Africa: policies to increase; competitiveness, efficiency and flexibility 79; JOHN S. HOLTZMAN and NICOLAS P. KULIBABA; 6 Tracking through drought: options for destocking and restocking 95; CAMILLA TOULMIN; 7 New directions in rangeland and resource tenure and policy 116; CHARLES LANE and RICHARD MOOREHEAD; 8 Pastoral organizations for uncertain environments 134; DJEIDI SYLLA; 9 Dynamic ecological systems and the administration of pastoral; development 153; JEREMY SWIFT; 10 Improving the efficiency of opportunism: new directions for; pastoral development 174; STEPHEN SANDFORD; References 183; Index 207
