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Megersa, Bekele, Markemann, Andre, Angassa, Ayana ORCID: 0000-0002-6763-3959, Ogutu, Joseph O., Piepho, Hans-Peter ORCID: 0000-0001-7813-2992 and Zarate, Anne Valle (2014). Livestock Diversification: an Adaptive Strategy to Climate and Rangeland Ecosystem Changes in Southern Ethiopia. Hum. Ecol., 42 (4). S. 509 - 521. NEW YORK: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS. ISSN 1572-9915

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Abstract

Pastoral cattle production in southern Ethiopia is becoming increasingly vulnerable to impacts of climate variability and rangeland resource degradation, giving rise to livestock diversification. Using a household (n = 242) survey among herders, the relative functions, adaptability and vulnerability of four livestock species and factors influencing livestock diversification were analyzed. The stated major drivers of livestock diversification were recurrent droughts, bush encroachment, increased vulnerability of cattle and growing demand for adaptive species. Different livestock species are kept to fulfill various livelihood priorities with subsistence objectives outweighing production goals of the herders. Adaptability and vulnerability analyses of the livestock species showed camels and cattle to be the most and least adaptable species, respectively. Livestock species diversification varied significantly with family size and per capita holding of cattle, implicating the influence of labor and economic factors on adoptions. Multispecies herding emerged as the dominant local adaptation strategy, likely because it enhances resilience of households to climate and rangeland ecosystem changes by broadening the set of existing strategies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Megersa, Bekele UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Markemann, Andre UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Angassa, Ayana UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6763-3959 UNSPECIFIED Ogutu, Joseph O. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Piepho, Hans-Peter UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7813-2992 UNSPECIFIED Zarate, Anne Valle UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-432624
DOI:	10.1007/s10745-014-9668-2
Journal or Publication Title:	Hum. Ecol.
Volume:	42
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 509 - 521
Date:	2014
Publisher:	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1572-9915
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PRODUCTION OBJECTIVES; CAMELUS-DROMEDARIUS; FOOD SECURITY; CATTLE; BORANA; PASTORALISTS; MANAGEMENT; ADAPTATION; DYNAMICS; IMPACT Multiple languages Anthropology; Environmental Studies; Sociology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43262