Book
The social economy of livestock production in the Ovambo region
Namibian Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Namibia • (4) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 23
By: Tapscott, Chris.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This overview of the economic significance of livestock production in Ovambo society, although lacking reliable household-level data on livestock ownership, identifies the different objectives and values pursued by persons attempting to increase their wealth in domestic animals such as cattle, goats and donkeys. The author also considers other income-generating activities, particularly labor migration, crop cultivation, and wage labor in towns and military camps.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Property in movables
- Real property
- Income and demand
- Price and value
- Labor supply and employment
- Wages and salaries
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ovambo
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- north-central Namibia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Chris Tapscott
- "Discussion paper"--Cover "May 1990"
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92982875
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ovambo (African people)
- Animal industry--Namibia--Owambo