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Policies and Strategies to Address The Vulnerability of Pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa

Year of publication 2006

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Category Technical report

Series title Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) Research Report

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Pastoralism, the extensive, mobile grazing of livestock on communal rangelands, is the key production system practiced in the world’s drylands. Recent estimates indicate that there are about 120 million pastoralists / agropastoralists worldwide, of which 50 million reside in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Worldwide, pastoralists constitute one of the poorest population sub-groups. Among African pastoralists, for example, the incidence of extreme poverty ranges from 25 to 55 percent.

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