2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on complex livelihood and its contemporarycharacteristics in African semi dryland
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22510280
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Area studies
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| Research Institution | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature |
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Principal Investigator |
ISHIYAMA Shun 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, プロジェクト研究員 (10508865)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 砂漠化 / 気候変動 / なりわい / エコトーン / 農耕民による家畜飼育 / 牧畜民の南下 / グルマンチェ |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to investigate complex livelihood and its contemporary caracteristics under variable climatic conditions of African semi arid land.
As a result of field survey and literature search,diversification of livelihood was confirmed.Diversification livelihoods means mainly, introduction of animal feeding, wage earning by gold mining and fishery in dry season at ponds and seasonal rivers.
Intoroduction of animal feeding is a result of southward migration of pastoralists which had stared since 1970s because of drought.
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Research Products
(15 results)
