LAND TENURE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PASTORAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ANDEAN ALTIPLANO AND THE EAST AFRICAN SAVANNAH

LAND TENURE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PASTORAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ANDEAN ALTIPLANO AND THE EAST AFRICAN SAVANNAH

Pastoral communities are facing mounting pressure on their livelihoods due to misconceptions about pastoralism and global trends including population growth and climate change. In this context, this article seeks to establish a correlation between pastoral land tenure systems and the sustainability...

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Published in:Nomadic peoples 2019-01, Vol.23 (1), p.28-54
Main Authors: Damonte, Gerardo, Ngaji, Tim, Kirimi, Lilian, Glave, Manuel, Rodríguez, Sandra
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Cattle
Climate change
Comparative analysis
Farming
Land economics
Land tenure
Livestock
Modes of production
Pastoralism
Population growth
Ranches
Sustainability
Trends
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Summary:Pastoral communities are facing mounting pressure on their livelihoods due to misconceptions about pastoralism and global trends including population growth and climate change. In this context, this article seeks to establish a correlation between pastoral land tenure systems and the sustainability of pastoralism as a production system. Using a comparative approach, we develop a taxonomy to first categorise the tenure regimes - collective and individual - of pastoralist societies of the Andean altiplano and the Kenyan savannah, and then we explore how these different regimes enable or hinder the performance of productive strategies that are key to the sustainability of pastoralism. We find that collective land tenure is positively correlated with the sustainability of pastoral production systems.
ISSN:0822-7942
1752-2366