Author: Ian Livingstone

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Published: 1985

Total Pages: 100

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FAO pub. Research report on nomadic and sedentary livestock herding in developing countries - defines pastoralism and its importance; analyses the alleged inefficiency of this farming system; reports on social change processes in Africa, China, Mongolia, the USSR, and Western Asia; analyses government policies for sedentarisation human settlement, (esp. The establishment of grazing reserves in Nigeria) for water supply, ranching development, marketing, etc.; discusses future trends. References, statistical tables.