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Community-based knowledge towards rangeland condition, climate change, and adaptation strategies: the case of Afar pastoralists

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Ecological Processes 2017年第1期6卷 310-322页

作者： minyahel tilahun Ayana Angassa Aster Abebe College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Wolkite UniversityGubreiEthiopia Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources GaboroneBotswana School of Animal and Range Sciences Hawassa UniversityHawassaEthiopia

Introduction:Pastoral communities have a comprehensive knowledge of their *** knowledge was acquired through extensive observation of the local environment and continuous herding ***’wisdom about their local environment and adaptation strategies to climate change is essential for sustainable ***,appreciation of pastoralists’knowledge about their environment is also important for the integration of indigenous knowledge with the proper application of scientific approach to fit with the prevailing ecological potential of pastoral ***:Data were collected using focus group discussions,key informant interviews,and in-depth *** in-depth interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire that was administered to 100 household heads with the age of above 50 years *** were randomly drawn from selected Pastoralists Associations(PAs)of two study *** were analyzed using descriptive statistics as well as the logit *** logit model was used to analyze the different coping strategies of pastoralists to overcome the failure of rain during different *** was done by complementing pastoralists’indigenous knowledge of time-series-based analysis across four seasons(Kerma,Gillal,Hagay,and Sugum)*** existing meteorological *** years(from 1971 to 2011)of existing metrological data were used to compare the empirical evidence with pastoralists’***:Respondents mentioned that livestock number was the best indicator for evaluating rangeland condition in Afar *** existing empirical evidence based on metrological data did not show any significant decline in precipitation for the last four decades between 1971 and 2011 as opposed to the perception of pastoralists where 80%of them reported a decline in precipitation.A one unit increase in labor force suggested about 16.1%decrease in the choice of livestock selling as coping strategy in Afar pastoral

关键词： Climate change Adaptation Perception Precipitation Temperature Afar Rangelands

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

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Ecological Processes 2016年第1期5卷 228-237页

作者： minyahel tilahun Ayana Angassa Aster Abebe Alemayehu Mengistu College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Wolkite UniversityGubreiEthiopia School of Animal and Range Sciences Hawassa UniversityHawassaEthiopia Forage and Rangeland Scientist Urael BranchP.O.Box 62291Addis AbabaEthiopia Department of Animal Science and Production Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesGaboroneBotswana

Introduction:Community perception plays a significant role in rangeland resource *** rangeland management practices by the pastoral communities are based on accumulated knowledge in connection to their local *** played a vital role in food production and sustaining its inhabitants in arid environment for ***,national policies and development interventions in East African pastoral systems have often overlooked pastoralism while centered on the modernization of agricultural sector for economic development and poverty ***:We used household survey,focus group discussion,key informant interview,and individual questionnaire to understand the perceptions and attitude of Afar pastoralists towards rangeland resource use and conservation practices,as well as impacts of development intervention on traditional rangeland resource use and conservation *** data were analyzed using index ranking and descriptive ***:The results showed that livestock holding per household was higher on average(22.90±2.27 Tropical Livestock Unit(TLU))in the non-intervened woreda than in the intervened woreda(8.30±3.85 TLU).Respondents mentioned that livestock productivity was adversely affected by a number of factors such as invasion of Prosopis juliflora(Dergi Hara),shrinkage in the capacity of rangelands(Beadu and Bebea’),and recurrent *** of grazing resources attributed to the invasion of Dergi Hara and drought created livestock feed crisis with strong implication on the livelihood of *** results showed that the traditional resource management practices such as mobility,herd splitting,and diversification had a role to contribute to the improvement of rangeland management and conservation of *** rules and seasonal-based grazing patterns of riversides during drought were perceived as key elements for rangeland resource management and conservation of rangeland res

关键词： Perception and attitude Pastoralists Rangeland resources Use and conservation Development intervention

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