IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/oup/ajagec/v61y1979i1p41-47..html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Cattle as a Store of Wealth in Swaziland: Implications for Livestock Development and Overgrazing in Eastern and Southern Africa

Author

Listed:
  • M. H. Doran
  • A. R. C. Low
  • R. L. Kemp

Abstract

The contention that cattle are held as a store of wealth in Swaziland is supported by a regression analysis of slaughter against price and rainfall, and by an examination of the Swazi herd structure. The failure to recognize that cattle directly satisfy both wealth and income motives in traditional societies has led to the implementation of production-oriented livestock development programs, which may worsen the serious overgrazing problem in Swaziland. Observations elsewhere indicate that there are lessons to be learned for livestock development in other overgrazed parts of eastern and southern Africa.

Suggested Citation

  • M. H. Doran & A. R. C. Low & R. L. Kemp, 1979. "Cattle as a Store of Wealth in Swaziland: Implications for Livestock Development and Overgrazing in Eastern and Southern Africa," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 61(1), pages 41-47.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:61:y:1979:i:1:p:41-47.
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2307/1239498
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Sullivan, G. M. & Farris, D. E. & Simpson, J. R., 1982. "Livestock Management Systems In East Africa: An Alternative To Uncontrolled Communal Grazing," 1982 Annual Meeting, August 1-4, Logan, Utah 279231, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    2. Vollan, Björn & Prediger, Sebastian & Frölich, Markus, 2013. "Co-managing common-pool resources: Do formal rules have to be adapted to traditional ecological norms?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 51-62.
    3. M. Mabuza & G. Ortmann & E. Wale, 2016. "Frequency and extent of employing food insecurity coping strategies among rural households: determinants and implications for policy using evidence from Swaziland," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 8(1), pages 255-269, February.
    4. Henk A. J. Moll, 2005. "Costs and benefits of livestock systems and the role of market and nonmarket relationships," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 32(2), pages 181-193, March.
    5. Sserunkuuma, Dick & Olson, Kent D., 1998. "Externalities, Risk And The Private Property-Overgrazing Paradox: The Case Of Private Cattle Farms In Nyabushozi County, Western Uganda," Working Papers 14372, University of Minnesota, Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy.
    6. Wassie Berhanu & Bichaka Fayissa, 2010. "Analysis of the Household Economy and Expenditure Patterns of a Traditional Pastoralist Society in Southern Ethiopia," Working Papers 201005, Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Economics and Finance.
    7. Aihoon, J. K. & Kirsten, J. F., 1994. "A Review Of The Environmental Impacts Of Agriculture In The Developing World: Lessons For South Africa," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 33(3), September.
    8. Sam Desiere & Sanctus Niragira & Marijke D'Haese, 2015. "Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(3), pages 23-42, September.
    9. M. L. Mabuza & G. F. Ortmann & E. Wale, 2016. "Frequency and extent of employing food insecurity coping strategies among rural households: determinants and implications for policy using evidence from Swaziland," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 8(1), pages 255-269, February.
    10. Sserunkuuma, Dick & Runge, C. Ford, 1998. "Rangeland Degradation In Uganda: The Failures And Future Of Privatization," Working Papers 14388, University of Minnesota, Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy.
    11. Oludele Akinboade, 1999. "A supply-response analysis of Botswana's livestock and sorghum: An error-correction approach," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(1), pages 125-140.
    12. Lijia Wang & Zeng Tang & Qisheng Feng & Xin Wang, 2022. "Informal Institutions and Herders’ Grazing Intensity Reduction Behavior: Evidence from Pastoral Areas in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-15, August.
    13. Acosta, Alejandro & Nicolli, Francesco & Karfakis, Panagiotis, 2021. "Coping with climate shocks: The complex role of livestock portfolios," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    14. repec:ags:ijamad:143502 is not listed on IDEAS
    15. Desiere, Sam & D'Haese, Marijke, 2015. "Boserup versus Malthis: does population pressure drive agricultural intensification? Evidence from Burundi," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211571, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    16. Sullivan, G.M. & Stokes, K.W. & Farris, D.E., 1981. "A Theoretical Model Of Overgrazing In Traditional Livestock Economies Of Africa: A Paradox Of Perceived Values," 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina 279281, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    17. Ndoro, Jorine T. & Hitayezu, Patrick & Mudhara, Maxwell & Chimonyo, Michael, 2013. "Livelihood factors influencing market participation and supply volumes decisions among smallholder cattle farmers in the Okhahlamba Local Municipality, South Africa: Implications for agricultural exte," 2013 Fourth International Conference, September 22-25, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia 160477, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
    18. Haro, Guyo O. & Doyo, Godana J. & McPeak, John G., 2005. "Linkages Between Community, Environmental, and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 285-299, February.
    19. Jorine Tafadzwa Ndoro & Patrick Hitayezu, 2014. "Drivers of cattle commercialization in rural South Africa: A combined test of transaction cost and store-of-wealth hypotheses," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(3), pages 57-78, September.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:61:y:1979:i:1:p:41-47.. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Oxford University Press (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/aaeaaea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.