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Living with Uncertainty
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Contributors vi Preface ix Acknowledgements xiii 1 New directions in pastoral development in Africa 1 IAN SCOONES 2 Climate variability and complex ecosystem dynamics: implications for pastoral development 37 JIM ELLIS 3 New directions in range management planning in Africa 47 GREGORY PERRIER 4 Forage alternatives from range and field: pastoral forage management and improvement in the African drylands 58 WOLFGANG BAYER and ANN WATERS-BAYER 5 Livestock marketing in pastoral Africa: policies to increase competitiveness, efficiency and flexibility 79 JOHN S. HOLTZMAN and NICOLAS P. KULIBABA 6 Tracking through drought: options for destocking and restocking 95 CAMILLA TOULMIN 7 New directions in rangeland and resource tenure and policy 116 CHARLES LANE and RICHARD MOOREHEAD 8 Pastoral organizations for uncertain environments 134 DJEIDI SYLLA 9 Dynamic ecological systems and the administration of pastoral development 153 JEREMY SWIFT 10 Improving the efficiency of opportunism: new directions for pastoral development 174 STEPHEN SANDFORD References 183 Index 207