Research, Policy and Practice
Characteristics | Livelihood groups | ||
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Agrarian | Pastoral | Agro-pastoral | |
Housing | Hidmo or earthen roofed houses | Mobile houses made of shrubs and grasses t | Hidmo and modern iron sheet houses |
Ethnicity | Tigray | Afar | Afar |
Mobility | Sedentary | Seasonal or opportunistic mobility | Sedentary |
Main livelihood | Farming | Herding | Herding with considerable income from farming |
Dominant type of livestock | Cattle and sheep | Camel and goat | Sheep, cattle, goats and camel |
Village structure | > 100 households residing together | 10 to 30 households residing in one village | > 100 households residing in one village |
Main type of food | Grains/bread and Injera | Milk, bread and meat | Grains/bread and injera |
Selected villages | Hidmo, Aba’ala and Milazat | Asangola, Gelaeso, Kala | Arkudi, Aba’ala, Dinemeli |