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Competing Paradigms in Pastoral Development? A Perspective from the Far North of Cameroon

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Summary The debate over the future and development of African pastoral systems is dominated by two paradigms that are considered mutually exclusive: the modernization and the mobility paradigm. However, an ethnographic study of a peri-urban pastoral system in the Far North Province of Cameroon shows that these paradigms need and should not be mutually exclusive. Peri-urban pastoralists combine intensive and extensive strategies to cope successfully with the disappearance of grazing lands in peri-urban areas. I discuss what the implications are of this autonomous development for pastoral development in Africa.

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  • Moritz, Mark, 2008. "Competing Paradigms in Pastoral Development? A Perspective from the Far North of Cameroon," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(11), pages 2243-2254, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:36:y:2008:i:11:p:2243-2254
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