Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 3 Work sharing between family members and hired labour by livestock management activities

From: Nomadic pastoralism in southern Iran

Activities	Family members involved (%)				Male hired labour* (%)
	Adults (>15 years)		Children (<15 years)
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Purchasing animals	83	17	-	-	-
Selling animals	83	17	-	-	-
Shepherding	32	-	5	-	63
Breeding	56	-	-	-	44
Caring for sick animals	35	35	-	-	30
Feeding	27	27	21	2	23
Milking	4	32	22	7	35
Shearing	53	2	-	-	45

*Hired male labourers are older than 15 years except for milking where 8% were younger than 15 years.

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