Sustaining pastoral linkages to high‐value livestock Markets through collective action and public‐ private partnerships: a case study from southern Ethiopia

摘要：

Livestock production is a major livelihood in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia.Traditionally, pastoralists in Africa have not been heavily involved in commercial livestock trade.Pastoralists have mainly sold a few animals during dry periods when they needed cash to buy non‐pastoral foods to offset seasonal declines in milk production.Many social, economic, and ecological factors have limited sustained market involvements by pastoralists.In recent times, however, pastoralists such as the Boran have come under added pressure to enter market chains due to population stress and drought ( Desta and Coppock, 2002).Essentially, the traditional production system can no longer provide all of the subsistence needs for the human population.Here we report on recent public‐private partnerships created to build new livestock marketing chains in Ethiopia to assist in the process of diversifying pastoral livelihoods and mitigating high rates of poverty.

关键词： Borana pastoral development micro‐finance capacity building

作者: S.Desta D.Layne Coppock G.Gebru S.Tezera L.Gizachew

作者单位: GL-CRS P PA R IMA,c/o IL R I,P.O.Box 30709,N airobi K enya GL-CRS P PA R IMA,c/o Dept.of Environment &Society,Utah State University,Logan,UT GL-CRS P PA R IMA,c/o IL R I,P.O.Box 5689,Addis Ababa Oromia Agricultural Research Institute,P.O.Box 81265,A ddis A baba

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）