Interclan Cooperation in a Risky Pastoral Ecology: <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">Some lessons from Eastern Ethiopia</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Fekadu Beyene |
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Institution: | (1) College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Pastoral and Agropastoral Studies, Haramaya University, Haramaya , P.O.Box 161, Ethiopia |
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Abstract: | This paper explores institutional arrangements governing reciprocal grazing resource sharing among different pastoral and
agropastoral clans in eastern Ethiopia. It describes and compares multiple institutional arrangements that define non-exclusive
property rights in order to increase the social and economic efficiency of grazing resource uses in a risky environment. Results
indicate that social capital, explained using lineage as a proxy, plays a crucial role in facilitating the establishment of
and negotiation for non-exclusive forms of rights to grazing resources. Nonetheless, socio-political factors, such as clan
politics and regulations restricting cross-border herd mobility, limit the role of customary institutional arrangements in
sustaining interclan cooperation. Increased threat from climate change (rainfall variability) and the absence of insurance
for the livestock increase the necessity to sustain interclan cooperation over the reciprocal sharing of the grazing commons.
This suggests the need for a policy shift in favor of reinforcing customary systems of resource governance to ameliorate interclan
cooperation to respond to these challenges. |
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