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Table 6 Adaptation measures followed by transhumant pastoralists

From: Monitoring changes in pastoral resources in eastern Sudan: A synthesis of remote sensing and local knowledge

Adaptation measure

Number

Percent

Renting agricultural land to benefit from crop residue

50

100

Utilizing more than one camping area and longer roaming distances

44

88

Partial transhumance and sedentarization

36

72

Destocking

18

36

Changing grazing time

12

24

Transboundary grazing (i.e. Ethiopia)

8

16

Supplementary water transporting using tankers

5

10

Do nothing

1

2