nomadic communities
This booklet captures the voices and concerns of Kenyan pastoralists about education. It was produced as part of a broader action research programme that is guiding the Government of Kenya’s strategy for nomadic education. The purpose of the booklet is to share the views of pastoralists with education policy-makers and practitioners, particularly those in Kenya who are in a position...
Livestock husbandry is an essential part of the traditional economy of many high altitude Tibetans in Nepal. The importance of animals in Tibetan communities in the Himalayas is reflected in the intensity of ritual activity and sociopolitical organisation which often accompany herding.
In some Himalayan areas there have been major socio-economic changes in recent years. Livestock and...
This article is about the marriage customs of the nomadic peoples in eastern Bhutan. (No English abstract).
In May 2004, ADRA Mongolia implemented a thirty-two month project entitled 'Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness in Western Mongolia', with grant funding from Oxfam GB. The project aimed to strengthen the resistance of poor herders and other residents affected by winter disasters in three soums (counties) in Zavkhan Province. This was achieved by improving access to irrigation, hay and...
This Education Programme for girls in nomadic areas of Gao, Mali, began in May 2001 with the objective of improving the schooling of girls in this region. This evaluation considers how far the programme has improved education in terms of access, quality and gender balance, and examines how far the programme has contributed to the emergence of a civil society as a force for change in...
This Education Programme for girls in nomadic areas of Gao, Mali, began in May 2001 with the objective of improving the schooling of girls in this region. This evaluation considers how far the programme has improved education in terms of access, quality and gender balance, and examines how far the programme has contributed to the emergence of a civil society as a force for change in...
It is widely accepted that an understanding of the environmental and socio-economic conditions of an area is a prerequisite for the identification and formulation of appropriate research and development strategies. It is important to know 'why people do what they do' especially in traditional societies which have remained relatively unchanged by the forces of modern technological advancement....
Migratory herding is still an important part of the livelihood of a significant section of the Bhutanese people; but it was central to our traditional pastoral economy. Cattle, grazing land, labour and cultivatable land were the four primary sources of wealth in the past. A balance among these four factors of production had to be struck for the agrarian society to be sustained. Obviously, the...
In this paper the authors attempted to present a glimpse of linkage between the nomads living in the pasture of Upper Mustang and their role in biodiversity conservation. The nomadic rangeland in Upper Mustang region harbors endangered Trans-Himalayan species like snow leopard, lynx, brown bear, Tibetan wild ass, Tibetan argali etc. with a variety of birds. It also harbours various medicinal...
Black tents serve as mobile housing for a majority of the nomadic groups in a belt that stretches from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern Tibetan Plateau. The existence of the black tent in its easternmost distribution has rarely been discussed in detail. In most regions, the requirements of the tent are determined by hot, arid climatic conditions, whereas an arid high mountain...
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