Political Ecology of Pastoral Production and Distribution in the Tropics

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26257013
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: National Museum of Ethnology
• Principal Investigator: IKEYA Kazunobu 国立民族学博物館, 人類文明誌研究部, 教授 (10211723)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 高井 康弘 大谷大学, 文学部, 教授 (00216607) ; 篠田 隆 大東文化大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (20187371) ; 渡辺 和之 阪南大学, 国際観光学部, 准教授 (40469185) ; 中辻 享 甲南大学, 文学部, 准教授 (60431649) ; 中井 信介 佐賀大学, 農学部, 准教授 (90507500)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MASUNO Takashi 総合研究大学院大学, 先導科学研究科, 研究員 (40569159)
• Research Collaborator: TAKAGI Hitoshi 国立民族学博物館, 人類文明誌研究部, 外来研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 牧畜 / 熱帯 / 政治生態学 / 家畜市 / 資源利用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In previous studies of livestock production in tropical regions, livestock farming in dry zones have been paid much attention, but the study in wet areas has not been put much importance. In this research, livestock breeding and its use in three wet tropical regions, that is, in Asia mainly, Africa and South America have been investigated. Actual production activities and distribution of livestock in these regions have been studied from the perspectives of political ecology. As the result, it became apparent that livestock production in wet areas and dry zones shares some common characteristics in breeding and distribution. However, it was found that production in humid areas has more regional and cultural varieties with regard to livestock species, form of livestock breeding, and quantity of livestock distribution compared to that of dry zones.

Free Research Field

人文地理学、文化人類学