The implications of herd entrustment practice for the sustainable use of cattle genetic resources in the (agro)-pastoral systems of West Africa: A case study from Benin

Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 4 Initial stock breeds and mode of acquisition by cattle owner-herders and absentee-owners

	Overall (n = 211)	Owners-managers (n = 121)	Absentee-owners (n = 90)	Chi-square	p value
	(%)			Chi-square	p value
Mode of acquisition				31.71	0.001
Inheritance	58.8	75.2	36.7
Purchase	33.6	19.8	52.2
Others	7.6	5.0	11.1
Initial stock breeds				13.960	0.001
Somba only	93.8	99.2	86.7
Somba and others	6.2	0.8	13.3