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Adoption of sustainable livestock innovations : evidence from Latin America

2026

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The role of droughts and religious cleavages in pastoralist conflict in Nigeria

Koopmans, Ruud; Meierrieks, Daniel; Tuki, Daniel - 2026

This article studies the role of environmental and religious factors in the occurrence of pastoralist conflict in Nigeria using panel data at the 0.5 x 0.5° grid cell level between 1997 and 2020. The empirical analysis provides robust evidence that the occurrence of droughts does not raise the...

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Public Policies for Pastures From Degradation to Sustainable Use

2026

This report summarizes the discussions held by Embrapa and the World Bank on strategies to promote sustainable use of degrading pasture areas. The challenge of recovering these areas relies on the need to increase agricultural production and yield in line with sustainability principles. The...

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"It serves more than one purpose" : pastoral power and the instrumentality of caring leadership

Alvehus, Johan; Vie, Ola Edvin - 2026

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Effect evaluation of carbon sequestration of grassland ecological compensation policy : evidence from China’s Yellow River Basin

Zhang, Xiao; Chen, Daoxiong; Yao, Shunbo - 2026

The Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy (GECP) is a large-scale project that has been investing in China since 2011. Despite the significant investment and long duration of the GECP, its impact on carbon sequestration in grasslands remains unclear. Based on panel data from prefecture-level...

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Towards cleaner and responsible herding : can ecological compensation ensure sustainable grassland management in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia?

Su Runa; Angathevar Baskaran; Nur Annizah Ishak - 2026

Grassland ecosystems, China's largest terrestrial biomes, are vital for ecological stability and sustaining pastoral livelihoods. Confronting severe degradation, the Chinese government introduced the Grassland Ecological Compensation Policy (GECP), yet persistent trade-offs between herder...

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Industrial Activity, State Capacity, and Deforestation : Evidence from Brazil

Mata, Daniel da; Dotta, Mario; Severnini, Edson R. - 2026

Does industrial activity drive deforestation and land degradation, and can limited state capacity be overcome to decouple economic growth from environmental harm? We examine these questions in the context of slaughterhouse plant openings in Brazil from 1994 to 2019. Guided by a simple conceptual...

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Perverse impact of agro-pastoral policies on the dietary intake of agro-pastoralists

Muller, Christophe; Sayouti Souleymane, Nouréini - 2025

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Transhumant pastoralism, climate change, and conflict in Africa

McGuirk, Eoin; Nunn, Nathan - 2025

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Transhumant pastoralism, climate change and conflict in Africa

McGuirk, Eoin; Nunn, Nathan - 2021

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Transhumant pastoralism, climate change and conflict in Africa

McGuirk, Eoin; Nunn, Nathan - 2021

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Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa

McGuirk, Eoin; Nunn, Nathan - 2022

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Grassland certification, grazing behavior, and ecological consequences : evidence from pastoral China

Shi, Xinjie; Huangfu, Bingyu; Zhang, Yan; Hu, Peinan; … - 2026

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"Collective property rights system reform" policy in Inner Mongolia's pastoral areas of China : a case study of the collective stock economic cooperative in Xilingol League

Xing, An - 2025

Since China's implementation of the reform and opening-up policy in 1978, Inner Mongolia's pastoral areas have faced challenges such as population outflow, aging, and the emptying of villages. To address these issues, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region government promoted the "Collective...

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The protective role of index insurance in the experience of violent conflict : evidence from Ethiopia

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; Maggio, Dan; McPeak, John G. - 2025

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Pasture grazing, animal welfare, and biodiversity : a latent class analysis of German consumers' preferences for beef and milk

Stampa, Ekaterina; Janssen, Meike; Zander, Katrin - 2025

Empirical insights into consumer preferences for sustainability attributes of cattle products are relevant for developing labeling policies, consumer communication strategies, and agri-environmental compensation schemes for farmers. We analyzed and compared consumers' preferences for two cattle...

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Index-based livestock insurance to support pastoralists against droughts

Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Mude, … - 2025

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Environmental regulations and smallholder farmers' technical efficiency : empirical evidence from pastoral China

Xin, Mucong; Tan, Shuhao; Qiu, Huanguang; Tang, Jianjun - 2025

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Management strategies of tropical savanna ecosystem for multiple benefits of community livelihoods in Semiarid region of Indonesia

Perdinan; Tjahjono, Raden Eliasar Prabowo; Infrawan, … - 2024

Tropical savannas are complex landscapes composed of mainly grasses and a matrix of proportions of discontinuous tree cover. They play an essential role in providing multiple ecosystem services including biodiversity, carbon storage, and socio-economic and cultural values. However, knowledge of...

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Financializing drought risk : introducing neoliberal assumptions into Africa's drylands

Taye, Masresha - 2025

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The role of heterogenous implementation on the uptake and long-term diffusion of agricultural insurance in a pastoral context

Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Teufel, Nils; Banerjee, Rupsha; … - 2024

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Left in the dust : infrastructural violence of a railway project through pastoral rangelands in Kenya

Mkutu, Kennedy; Owino, Evelyne Atieno; Schetter, Conrad; … - 2025

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Economics for an uncertain world

DeMartino, George; Grabel, Ilene; Scoones, Ian - 2024

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A statistical learning approach to pasture, rangeland, forage (PRF) insurance coverage selection

Zapata, Samuel D.; Villavicencio, Xavier; Xicay, Anderson - 2024

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Comunales : el caso de los pastores trashumantes de las sierras de Andalucía nororiental

2025

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Opportunities and challenges of the green transition for pastoralism and indigenous people in Africa : workshop

2024

The green transition aims at creating a sustainable and carbon-neutral economic system. Key to this transition is the change from fossil fuel based energy production and mobility to carbon emission free technologies. The transition also entails a switch to more sustainable land-use practices,...

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Opportunities and challenges of the green transition for pastoralism and indigenous people in Africa : workshop

2024

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Landowner perceptions toward adopting patch-burn and mixed-species grazing for rangelands in the US Southern great plains

Adhikari, Saroj; Thapa, Bhawna; Fuhlendorf, Samuel D.; … - 2024

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"Online grazing permit" : a review of novel digitalisation procedures of natural resources management projects in Iran

Amiraslani, Farshad; Sarmad, Elham Mortazavi - 2024

Globally, there is a constant growth in digitalisation and e-services. Their main benefits include higher transparency, reliability and accountability of service providers while strengthening fair competition and collaboration. This article improves upon previous literature by adding a new...

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Preferences for index-based pasture insurance : a choice experiment in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Manganyi, Bernard; Jourdain, Damien; Karuaihe, Selma … - 2024

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Child labour among pastoralist communities : an in-depth case study of Karamoja subregion in Northeastern Uganda

2024

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Pastoral control in remote work

Downes, Rebecca; Daellenbach, Urs S.; Donnelly, Noelle - 2024

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Grazing management plan adoption and objective prioritization in US cow-calf and stocker operations

Tang, Minfeng; Aherin, Cassandra Kniebel; Pendell, Dustin L. - 2024

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Drought risk attitudes in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Kenya

Schrieks, Teun; Botzen, W. J. Wouter; Haer, Toon; … - 2024

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Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust : evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach

Tuki, Daniel - 2023

Although the incidence of conflicts between Fulani nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers in Nigeria have risen significantly during the last decade, no study has, to the best of my knowledge, examined how these conflicts influence distrust of members of the Fulani ethnic group and the...

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Enrollment in pasture, rangeland, and forage rainfall index insurance : awareness matters

Goodrich, Brittney K.; Davidson, Kelly A. - 2024

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Use of subsidized insurance policy in climate adaptation strategies : the case of pastoral regions in China

Zeren, Gongbu; Tan, Jing; Zheng, Zhou; Li, Menglin; … - 2024

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Adaptation to climate change in arid lands : evidence from pastoral areas of senegal

Assane, Beye; Waoundé, Diop - 2023

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From grazing units to milking units : the gendered nature of intra-household livestock management and food security for pastoralists in Kenya

Yurco, Kayla - 2024

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Unravelling the pastoralist paradox : preferences for land tenure security and flexibility in Kenya

Bostedt, Göran; Sandorf, Erlend Dancke; Mureithi, … - 2023

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The doublespeak of "leave no one behind" : implications for religious inequality in Hindu and Muslim pastoralist communities in India

Tomalin, Emma; Dyer, Caroline; Choksi, Archana - 2024

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Insuring peace : index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict

Gehring, Kai; Schaudt, Paul - 2023

We provide novel evidence of how an innovative market-based solution using remote-sensing technology can mitigate conflict. Droughts are a major driver of conflict in Africa, particularly between nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers, and climate change is predicted to intensify this...

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The impacts of caterpillar fungus income on grazing pressure in Tibetan regions : a tale of income diversification

Kang, Qi; Carpio, Carlos E.; Wang, Chenggang; Tang, Zeng - 2024

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Reducing food-related economic loss to improve food security and cattle trade in the Sahel: the case of agropastoral systems in Senegal

Wane, Abdrahmane; Diouf, Mballo Aliou; Dzoukou Homsi, … - 2023

Food loss is a critical issue in Africa, but investigation has mainly been limited to quantity loss. Economic losses are likely to be more significant but are widely ignored. Regarding ruminant-related losses, it remains challenging to identify the optimal harvest point. Focusing on Sahelian...

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Development Mismatch? Evidence from Agricultural Projects in Pastoral Africa

McGuirk, Eoin; Nunn, Nathan - 2024

We study the consequences of a clash between contemporary development initiatives and traditional economic practices in Africa. Crop agriculture has expanded considerably across the continent in recent years. Much of this expansion has occurred in traditionally pastoral areas, where land is...

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Mali Economic Update, April 2023 - Special Chapter : Strengthening Financial Resilience of Pastoralists to Drought

2023

This 2023 Economic Update for Mali is articulated in two chapters, plus a spotlight. The first chapter presents the economic and poverty developments observed in the country in 2022 as well as the outlook from 2023 to 2025. This chapter is followed by a summary of the macroeconomic-poverty...

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Combining private and common property management : the impact of a hybrid ownership structure on grassland conservation

Liu, Min; Liu, Pengfei; Huang, Kaixing - 2024

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You’re Not Welcome! Violence and Support for a Grazing Ban Policy in Kaduna, Nigeria

Tuki, Daniel - 2023

This study examined the effect of victimization – i.e., the concrete experience of violence – on support for a policy banning the opening grazing of livestock in the state of Kaduna in Northern Nigeria. This policy, which aims to reduce the incidence of conflicts between nomadic herders and...

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