Essays on Pastoralists

Introduction

One of the largest areas of the world where pastoral nomadism and irrigating agriculture had been predominant throughout the history is Central Asia. There existed a set of aspects of geography and ecology of Central Asia that influenced the emergence of pastoral nomadism and irrigation agriculture in that territory. In this paper we will attempt to explore some of the causes and effects of pastoral nomadism and irrigating agriculture in Central Asia, taking into consideration its ecological and historic settings.

Ecological reasons

First of all, let’s speak about some of ecological reasons of the appearance of pastoral nomadism and irrigating ...

Answer Three Questions

Pastoralism is the relationship between people in range lands, domesticated livestock and the local ecology especially in regions where there are limited resources (Nori et al. 5). Among the key points was to first note the challenges facing pastoralists. They include; adverse climatic conditions like low rainfall that leads to shortage of water for both pasture and livestock. As a result the pasture becomes of little nutritional value to the livestock. Pests and diseases have also led to the death of livestock. Generally the native livestock breeds tend to be of poor quality. Land being a limited resource has ...

Introduction

West African region comprises of several states that are found in the western part of the African continent. These states occupy the vast Sahara Desert and is normally referred to as Sahel. West African has gone economic and political revolution since the twentieth century. After the colonial period, several cities in West Africa were converted into independent states.

The region comprises of the states in the Maghreb region, and they occupy a total of 6,140,000 square kilometers

Much of the region depends on Mediterranean politics, and this has made the region to be politically powerful The region witnesses the economic resource imbalance that has resulted in poverty index in the region. Thus, most of the people are economically ...