Book
South Turkana nomadism: coping with an unpredictably varying environment
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Connecticut • Published In 1985 • Pages: 10, 378
By: Dyson-Hudson, Rada, McCabe, J. Terrence.
Abstract
This study of South Turkana pastoralism is part of a larger, long-term, multi-disciplinary study of the Turkana ecosystem supported by the National Science Foundation and the Norwegian Agency for International Development. Titled the South Turkana Ecosystem Project, the goal of the larger study is to develop a generalized model of subsistence pastoral systems. The source analyzed for the Turkana FL17 file is a detailed study of livestock management strategies among four intensively studied Ngisonyoka Turkana families in the South Turkana District of Kenya. The topics discussed by the authors include the Ngisonyoka environment, livestock characteristics, herd dynamics and productivity, and livestock movements. Appendices to this source include detailed discussions of South Turkana weather conditions, vegetation patterns, herd structure, and livestock diseases.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field Date
- 1980-1982
- Coverage Date
- 1962-1988
- Coverage Place
- Turkana area, Kenya
- Notes
- By Rada Dyson-Hudson and J. Terrence McCabe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-378)
- LCCN
- 85179411
- LCSH
- Turkana (African people)
- Turkana (African people)--Economic conditions
- Nomads--Kenya--Turkana
- Human ecology--Kenya--Turkana