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DOI	10.3390/su12155947
	Can the Tragedy of the Commons be Avoided in Common-Pool Forage Resource Systems? An Application to Small-Holder Herding in the Semi-Arid Grazing Lands of Nigeria
	Aderinto, Rhoda F.; Ortega-S, J. Alfonso; Anoruo, Ambrose O.; Machen, Richard; Turner, Benjamin L.
通讯作者	Turner, BL
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
EISSN	2071-1050
出版年	2020
卷号	12 期号:15
英文摘要	There exist common-pool resource systems where it is difficult to prevent prospective beneficiaries from receiving profits from the use or harvest of shared resources, and they are often subject to continual utilization, leading to resource degradation and economic erosion (a behavior known as the 'tragedy of the commons'). Nigerian nomadic grazing systems currently undergoing the tragedy of the commons pose a great challenge to agrarian communities, herders and political stability throughout the country due to violent conflicts and property destruction as herders migrate in search of forage resources for livestock. We modeled these dynamics in order to better understand the Nigerian grazing lands, with the objective of identifying potential leverage points capable of reversing overgrazing-induced forage degradation, in order to ensure a sustainable livestock production sector. Model what-if experiments (crop restrictions, crop marketing and increased labor costs) were run, resulting in partial solutions that were effective only in the short-term or limited in geographic-scope. A sustainable solution should include a combination of strategies, as the impact of one strategy alone cannot effectively resolve these Nigerian grazing issues (e.g., collaboration between farmers, herdsmen and government stakeholders to increase market integration via crop market expansion while simultaneously providing forage regeneration time for grazing lands). The resulting model could be used by Nigerian policy-makers to evaluate the long-term effects of decisions which were previously unexplored.
英文关键词	tragedy of the commons rangeland degradation nomadic herdsmen Nigeria grazing management forage regeneration
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000559563900001
WOS关键词	STOCKING-RATE ; ECONOMIC RESPONSES ; BEEF-PRODUCTION ; MANAGEMENT ; VEGETATION ; MODEL ; SIMULATION ; STRATEGIES ; DYNAMICS ; RAINFALL
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325616
作者单位	[Aderinto, Rhoda F.; Anoruo, Ambrose O.; Turner, Benjamin L.] Texas A&M Univ Kingsville, Dept Agr Agribusiness & Environm Sci, Kingsville, TX 78363 USA; [Ortega-S, J. Alfonso] Texas A&M Univ Kingsville, Dept Range & Wildlife Sci, Kingsville, TX 78363 USA; [Ortega-S, J. Alfonso] Texas A&M Univ Kingsville, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Res Inst, Kingsville, TX 78363 USA; [Machen, Richard] Texas A&M Univ Kingsville, Dept Anim Sci, Kingsville, TX 78363 USA; [Machen, Richard; Turner, Benjamin L.] Texas A&M Univ Kingsville, King Ranch Inst Ranch Management, Kingsville, TX 78363 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Aderinto, Rhoda F.,Ortega-S, J. Alfonso,Anoruo, Ambrose O.,et al. Can the Tragedy of the Commons be Avoided in Common-Pool Forage Resource Systems? An Application to Small-Holder Herding in the Semi-Arid Grazing Lands of Nigeria[J],2020,12(15).
APA	Aderinto, Rhoda F.,Ortega-S, J. Alfonso,Anoruo, Ambrose O.,Machen, Richard,&Turner, Benjamin L..(2020).Can the Tragedy of the Commons be Avoided in Common-Pool Forage Resource Systems? An Application to Small-Holder Herding in the Semi-Arid Grazing Lands of Nigeria.SUSTAINABILITY,12(15).
MLA	Aderinto, Rhoda F.,et al."Can the Tragedy of the Commons be Avoided in Common-Pool Forage Resource Systems? An Application to Small-Holder Herding in the Semi-Arid Grazing Lands of Nigeria".SUSTAINABILITY 12.15(2020).