transhumance
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Pastoralism is the future
Itinerant pastoralists specialize in making sustainable use of highly variable environments to produce food.
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Recognising the role of pastoralists in agrarian development
Migration to fertile crop fields has been the norm for pastoralists to overcome environmental variabilities
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Herding On The Brink: Why India Needs To Support Its Pastoralists
Traditional pastoralism is facing an existential threat. Decades of neglect require more cohesive efforts to be put in for their conservation.
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Traversing Climate Change
The relationship between the herd and the shepherd is one of mutual dependency; the herd is the herders' family.