Research, Policy and Practice
Table 2 Animals exchanged between stock friends in field sites by major categories (rounded %)
From: Friendship, kinship and social risk management strategies among pastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda
Rupa | Tapac | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cattle* (314**) | Small stock (512) | Cattle (150) | Small stock (103) | |
Bridewealth transactions | 45% | 32% | 65% | 59% |
Ceremony | 0.3% | 3% | 0 | 7% |
Dispute resolution | 1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fertilize | 0.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Friendship/kinship | 31% | 37% | 23% | 19% |
Hunger | 0.6% | 4% | 0.7% | 2% |
Herd | 0.3% | 5% | 0 | 5% |
Herd increase | 0.6% | 5% | 0 | 0 |
Milking | 2% | 1% | 3% | 0 |
Ngarobai*** | 11% | 7% | 3% | 1% |
Survival | 8% | 6% | 3% | 5% |
Help during illness | 0 | 1% | 2% | 3% |