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Restocking: A Critical Evaluation

Year of publication 1998

Pages 14

Author Claire Heffernan and Jonathan Rushton;Animal Production and Health Division

Publisher ODI ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In recent years restocking programmes have been widely promoted by NGO’s and governments across Africa as a method of rehabilitating destitute pastoralists. Well planned restocking projects are advocated as environmentally, economically and culturally beneficial. The paper examines the evidence for the claims, along with the role of restocking in drought recovery.

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