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DOI	10.5367/000000008784489462
	Livestock trader entrepreneurs among urban Bedouin in the Negev Desert
	Degen, A. Allan; El-Meccawi, Shaher
通讯作者	Degen, AA
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION
ISSN	1465-7503
EISSN	2043-6882
出版年	2008
卷号	9 期号:2 页码:93-101
英文摘要	There are more than 150,000 Bedouin in the Negev Desert. Traditionally they were nomadic pastoralists relying on camels, sheep and goats for their livelihood; today about half the population lives in urban communities. Most urban Bedouin men have entered the wage labour market and have abandoned raising livestock. Nonetheless, of close to 1,300 registered flocks, about 15% are owned by urban households, and the Ministry of Agriculture estimates that the figure should be close to 50%. In Tel Sheva, a Bedouin town of 14,000 inhabitants, there are 17 registered flocks and about 15% of the households maintain sheep and/or goats. In addition, 111 livestock trader entrepreneurs are active, dealing mainly with sheep and, to a lesser extent, goats and cattle. Sheep and goats are bought mainly from Bedouin, while cattle are bought mainly from Jewish settlements. There are 16 large livestock traders, all men, who trade throughout the year; for seven of them, livestock trading is their main occupation. These traders generally do not attend weekly markets but do their transactions. from home. Thirteen of these traders deal mainly with sheep and goats and can handle upwards of 200 head at a time, while three of them deal primarily with cattle, supplying them mainly for wedding celebrations. There are 75 small livestock traders, five of whom are women. These traders handle mainly small numbers of sheep and goats all year round and often buy and sell at the local markets. In addition, there are 20 opportunist traders, all men, who handle sheep periodically, in particular at Eid ul-Adha when most Muslin families sacrifice an animal. The. future of most Bedouin would appear to lie in integration into the Israeli urban economy while attempting to maintain cultural traditions. The use of sheep and other livestock for traditional purposes will continue to play an important role.
英文关键词	urban livestock livestock trader entrepreneurs Negev Bedouin Bedouin women
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000438581700003
WOS类目	Business
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics
来源机构	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/329131
作者单位	[Degen, A. Allan] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Wyler Dept Dryland Agr, Desert Anim Adaptat & Husb, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel; [El-Meccawi, Shaher] Res & Dev Negev Bedouins, IL-85730 Hura, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Degen, A. Allan,El-Meccawi, Shaher. Livestock trader entrepreneurs among urban Bedouin in the Negev Desert[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2008,9(2):93-101.
APA	Degen, A. Allan,&El-Meccawi, Shaher.(2008).Livestock trader entrepreneurs among urban Bedouin in the Negev Desert.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION,9(2),93-101.
MLA	Degen, A. Allan,et al."Livestock trader entrepreneurs among urban Bedouin in the Negev Desert".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION 9.2(2008):93-101.