干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Pastoral livelihoods of the Fulani on the Jos Plateau of Nigeria

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DOI	10.1186/s13570-014-0020-7
	Pastoral livelihoods of the Fulani on the Jos Plateau of Nigeria
	Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.; Fajinmi, Akinyemi; Dongkum, Charles; Shaw, Alexandra P. M.; Welburn, Susan C.
通讯作者	Majekodunmi, AO
来源期刊	PASTORALISM-RESEARCH POLICY AND PRACTICE
ISSN	2041-7136
出版年	2014
卷号	4 期号:1
英文摘要	The Jos Plateau is an important cattle-producing area in Nigeria, with a high concentration of pastoral Fulani. In recent decades, pastoralist studies have focused on arid and semi-arid areas, with few based in the sub-humid zones, such as the Jos Plateau. There have been significant socio-economic and agricultural changes in this area over time which makes it necessary to assess current pastoral livelihood strategies. A pastoral livelihood analysis of 66 individual households/ herds across 30 villages was conducted, using participatory methods and structured questionnaires. The majority of pastoral households are in the middle or better off wealth categories and only a few are poor in terms of livestock holdings. However, the majority are poor in terms of land holdings. Livestock sales remain the major source of income, but only 30% of households rely on this as their sole source of income. Sale of crops, milk and off-farm activities contributed income in other households. Comparison with previous livestock productivity levels on the Jos Plateau shows that natural resource conflict has increased, with negative effects on productivity, although vulnerability to shocks has decreased over the years. Overall productivity has decreased and calving rates were particularly low. The pastoral Fulani community is relatively well-off, compared to similar populations across West Africa. However, the high proportion of wealth concentrated in livestock and large numbers of land-poor households indicate that there is still a degree of vulnerability to the risks of drought/ dry season, disease and conflict in pastoral livelihoods in the area.
英文关键词	Pastoral Fulani Sustainable livelihoods Cattle Livestock productivity Nigeria Jos Plateau
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold, Green Published
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000216547300020
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/330744
作者单位	[Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.; Shaw, Alexandra P. M.; Welburn, Susan C.] Univ Edinburgh, Coll Med & Vet Med, Sch Biomed Sci, Div Pathway Med, Chancellors Bldg,49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, Midlothian, Scotland; [Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.; Shaw, Alexandra P. M.; Welburn, Susan C.] Univ Edinburgh, Coll Med & Vet Med, Sch Biomed Sci, Ctr Infect Dis, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, Midlothian, Scotland; [Fajinmi, Akinyemi; Dongkum, Charles] Nigerian Inst Trypanosomiasis Res, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.,Fajinmi, Akinyemi,Dongkum, Charles,et al. Pastoral livelihoods of the Fulani on the Jos Plateau of Nigeria[J],2014,4(1).
APA	Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.,Fajinmi, Akinyemi,Dongkum, Charles,Shaw, Alexandra P. M.,&Welburn, Susan C..(2014).Pastoral livelihoods of the Fulani on the Jos Plateau of Nigeria.PASTORALISM-RESEARCH POLICY AND PRACTICE,4(1).
MLA	Majekodunmi, Ayodele O.,et al."Pastoral livelihoods of the Fulani on the Jos Plateau of Nigeria".PASTORALISM-RESEARCH POLICY AND PRACTICE 4.1(2014).