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Pastoral Development Network

Acronym: 
PDN
Website: 
http://www.odi.org.uk/pdn/

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Working languages: 
anglais
Global
éleveur pastoral
parcours

The Pastoral Development Network represents a world-wide network of researchers, administrators and extension personnel interested in the issues of pastoralism and rangelands. Between 1976 and 1996 the PDN was managed by ODI and published regular mailings including newsletters and a wide ranging series of papers on pastoralism and related issues. There were also a number of other related publications.

Affiliated organization: 

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is the UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.

Mission 

Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

We do this by locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate.

Pastoral Development Network Resources

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Library Resource

Ownership and control in Chinese rangeland management since Mao: The case of free riding in Ningxia

janvier, 1996
Chine, Asie orientale, Océanie
propriété commune
terre
gestion foncière
tenure foncière

With the introduction of rural reforms in the early 1980s, China broke with its
collectivist past and began the arduous transition from a centrally planned to a free
market economy. The People’s Communes – the institutional basis of
agriculture under Mao – were disbanded, and communal land was
redistributed to users through a family-based ‘Household Contract
Responsibility System’ (HCRS), which offered farmers more managerial

Library Resource

Land degradation and grazing in the Kalahari: new analysis and alternative perspectives

janvier, 1995
Namibie, Afrique sub-saharienne
Terres, changement climatique et environnement
Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme
terre
dégradation des terres
pâturage

Results from this study show that the over-used but under-researched association between grazing and land degradation in the Kalahari has been oversimplified. In typical Kalahari conditions, the ecological changes that have been brought about by grazing cannot be linked with more fundamental changes in ecosystem function. Basic soil processes appear relatively unaffected by grazing pressure outside the sacrifice zone, and there is no evidence to suggest that the resilience of the system has been affected through soil degradation.

Library Resource

Conservation, reclamation and grazing in the northern Negev: Contradictory or complementary concepts?

janvier, 1995
Israël, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale
Terres, changement climatique et environnement
Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme
dégradation des terres
pâturage

Paper explores the relationships between the following concepts under the conditions of Middle Eastern semi-arid ecosystems. Paper states that there are two apparent contradictions in the title of this paper. First, grazing by domestic livestock is often considered to be hostile to nature conservation, especially in semi-arid areas (the ongoing conflict between ranchers and environmentalists in western USA is just one contemporary example of this).

Library Resource

The Kyrgyz sheep herders at a crossroads

janvier, 1995
réforme foncière

Assessing the challenges facing the sheep herders in the Kyrgyz Republic, this paper concludes:for the first time in recent history the future of the sector may be in the hands of farmer/herders themselvesalthough there are many constraints in the production system, the government's attempts to promote decentralisation (e.g.

Library Resource

Livestock, land use and agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa

janvier, 1994
Afrique sub-saharienne
utilisation des terres
terre

This paper focuses on extracts from a recent comparative analysis of livestock and land use surveys across a range of agro-climatic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, based on information from systematic low level aerial reconnaissance and complementary ground studies in Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan and Tchad, between 1980 and 1993.

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