Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya
Abstract Pastoral livelihoods are evolving rapidly. The emergence of globalized markets and the integration of globalized production in developing countries have forced many pastoralists, along with the rest of the world’s consumers, to shift their economic strategies of production to accommodate th...
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2017-07-01
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| author | Stephanie Hauck Daniel I. Rubenstein |
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| description | Abstract Pastoral livelihoods are evolving rapidly. The emergence of globalized markets and the integration of globalized production in developing countries have forced many pastoralists, along with the rest of the world’s consumers, to shift their economic strategies of production to accommodate these evolving markets. The objective of this paper is to illustrate the relationship between globalization and apparent transformations in pastoralist behaviour in recent years. We specifically focus on the links among climate, land use, and herding in rural northern Kenya. To do this, we use a novel conceptual framework that incorporates both traditional interactions between pastoral ecology and resource generation and modern opportunities by linking pastoral families via their pastoral production and other economic activities to the cash economy, modern diets and nutritional status (health), and public and private assistance and programmes (such as food aid). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1dc4362ff05044e78be2ae35f8ebeebe2024-08-03T09:37:57ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Pastoralism2041-71362017-07-017113010.1186/s13570-017-0090-4Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of KenyaStephanie Hauck0Daniel I. Rubenstein1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton UniversityDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton UniversityAbstract Pastoral livelihoods are evolving rapidly. The emergence of globalized markets and the integration of globalized production in developing countries have forced many pastoralists, along with the rest of the world’s consumers, to shift their economic strategies of production to accommodate these evolving markets. The objective of this paper is to illustrate the relationship between globalization and apparent transformations in pastoralist behaviour in recent years. We specifically focus on the links among climate, land use, and herding in rural northern Kenya. To do this, we use a novel conceptual framework that incorporates both traditional interactions between pastoral ecology and resource generation and modern opportunities by linking pastoral families via their pastoral production and other economic activities to the cash economy, modern diets and nutritional status (health), and public and private assistance and programmes (such as food aid).http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13570-017-0090-4PastoralismGlobalizationTransitionsLand useMovementKenya |
| spellingShingle | Stephanie Hauck Daniel I. Rubenstein Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya Pastoralism Pastoralism Globalization Transitions Land use Movement Kenya |
| title | Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya |
| title_full | Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya |
| title_short | Pastoralist societies in flux: A conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of Kenya |
| title_sort | pastoralist societies in flux a conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the mukugodo maasai of kenya |
| topic | Pastoralism Globalization Transitions Land use Movement Kenya |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13570-017-0090-4 |
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