essay

Changing responses to drought among the Wodaabe of Niger

bad year economics : cultural responses to risk and uncertaintyCambridge [England] • Published In 1989 • Pages: 81-86

By: Legge, Karen.

Abstract
This study of the impact of drought on Fulani pastoral practices discusses such traditional coping strategies as mobility, herd diversification and gathering wild resources, and considers how these practices were negatively affected during the colonial period by taxation, agricultural expansion and wage labor.
Subjects
Climate
Annual cycle
Domesticated animals
Pastoral activities
Water supply
Labor supply and employment
Disasters
culture
Fulani
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Western Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2020
Field Date
no date given
Coverage Date
1890-1984
Coverage Place
central and southwestern Niger
Notes
Karen Legge
LCCN
88030004
LCSH
Fula (African people)