Research
Camel forage variety in the Karamoja sub-region, Uganda
Camels are becoming more prevalent in some pastoralist societies in east and west Africa. The popularity of keeping camels is partly due to their drought-tolerance, and also due to consumer demand for camel milk, and for export to Arab countries. Camels are reliable milk producers even in the dry seasons, and contribute to pastoral family food security and nutrition. In a recent case study, researchers in Uganda have assessed the availability and distribution of camel forage species as well as herders' views on camel forage preferences in the semi-arid Karamoja region. The researchers point out that despite the potential of camels to strengthen the resilience of pastoral communities to the impacts of climate variability and change, there is limited documentation of their dietary requirements.
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Herd growth parameters and constraints of camel rearing in Northeastern Nigeria
Published on: 3 July 2017
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Book review
Review of “Reclaiming the Forest: The Ewenki Reindeer Herders of Aoluguya” by Åshild Kolås and Yuanyuan Xie
Published on: 28 June 2017
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Research
Herders and herdsmen: The remaking of pastoral livelihoods in Laikipia, Kenya
Published on: 19 June 2017
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Raiding pastoral livelihoods: motives and effects of violent conflict in north-western Kenya
Published on: 3 December 2012
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Pastoralist livelihoods and wildlife revenues in East Africa: a case for coexistence?
Published on: 28 September 2012
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Review
The economics and institutional economics of wildlife on private land in Africa
Published on: 28 September 2012
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Review
Desertification and livestock grazing: The roles of sedentarization, mobility and rest
Published on: 20 October 2011
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Aims and scope
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice investigates extensive livestock production systems throughout the world from a variety of disciplinary perspectives across the biophysical, social and economic sciences. The journal publishes research, reviews, reports and commentaries that influence public policy on the rangelands and livestock on which pastoralists rely for their livelihoods. These studies are not applied in the traditional sense, but through publishing basic research in this field Pastoralism acts as a forum for sharing information between scientists, policy makers and practitioners, with the aim of improving the welfare of pastoralists and better conserving the environments in which they live and the livestock upon which they rely.
The journal was founded in 2009 by Roy Behnke and Carol Kerven, social anthropologists who have each worked for forty years in pastoral and rangeland research and development in many countries. Carol is the Editor-in-Chief and Roy is the Book Review editor.
Article publishing charges, waivers and sponsorships
Open access publishing is not without costs. Pastoralism therefore levies an article-processing charge (APC) of £865/$1355/€1105 for each article accepted for publication. Pastoralism can waive the APC for a number of articles at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief. More information about APCs, memberships and waiver programs can be found here.
Editor's quote
Raising domesticated livestock on extensive pastures is one of the oldest human adaptations as a system of provisioning and land use. More than 40% of the earth's land area is still used as grazing land, by peoples from the tropics to the sub-Arctic, and include ranchers, nomads and farmers. The Pastoralism Journal is the only platform focused on the extensive land use of livestock-dependent production systems, covering biophysical, policy, social, economic, technical and cultural issues.
Policies and development programmes for pastoralists and their environments need to be founded on up-to-date, factual and objective information about what is happening, why and where it is happening and on the impacts. While many development agencies publish summaries and syntheses of primary material, the Pastoralism Journal provides open access to primary material upon which syntheses can be reliably based.
All the journal’s papers are free to anyone with internet access anywhere in the world, and the authorship of the journal is highly international, with 120 first authors spread across the world, affiliated to institutions in 38 different countries ranging from Argentina to Yemen.
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