Pastoralism

Word PASTORALISM
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Definitions and meanings of "Pastoralism"

What do we mean by pastoralism?

The quality or state of being pastoral. Used especially of a literary work. noun

A social and economic system based on the raising and herding of livestock. noun

Pastoral character; that which possesses, suggests, or confers a pastoral or rural character. noun

The state of being pastoral noun

Animal husbandry; the raising and herding of farm animals noun

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The word "pastoralism" in example sentences

In this he'll recognize a strange variation, but a variation all the same, on the good old "pastoralism" — inherited from eighteenth-century English landscape architecture — that played such a large role in the formation of American ideology. ❋ Bernard-Henri L (2005)

Your post and subsequent comments on "pastoralism" are certainly thought provoking. ❋ Rogers (2006)

Pastorals of the most interesting kind actually exist in literature: "pastoralism" in the abstract, unless treated in the pure historical manner, is apt, like all similar criticism and discussion of ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

Ancient pastoralism was the foundation of the economy and it was practiced largely from isolated hilltop villages scattered throughout the land. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Africa Regional Information Officer Mohamed Matovu says most African governments refuse to accept pastoralism as a way of life. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It is no accident that the communities worst affected by the drought are not just those blighted by conflict but also by decades of official neglect and contempt from governments, which see pastoralism as an unwanted relic of the past. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They made their living through pastoralism, brigandage, and export of the few resources they had to offer, including pistachios and lapis lazuli—the Hindu Kush being the only known source for this precious blue stone in the ancient world. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

A World Vision broadcast on the death of pastoralism in Somaliland. ❋ Unknown (2009)

View commentsComments for “Death of pastoralism in Somaliland” blog comments powered by Disqus ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact there is a clause in the Ethiopia constitution, which says that nomadic pastoralist peoples, which includes most of the people in the Omo Valley, have the right to use land freely to practice their pastoralism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Governments and the international community have to save lives now, but also act to reduce that chronic vulnerability, building local ability to manage the drought cycle, improving the flow of data, information and ideas for adapting to climate change, and drastically increasing long-term investment in smallholder agriculture and pastoralism, which have shown they can provide a decent life for millions of east Africans, provided they are supported rather than ignored by governments. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We know the dangers of pastoralism outweigh its benefits. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We must change the way we live because pastoralism is no longer viable, and we have to look at other ways of livelihood, said Murugi. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The assumption remains that pastoralism equals underdevelopment, and therefore pastoralists' only move towards development is stepping out of pastoralism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He says one of the problems in East Africa is that people rely mostly on pastoralism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Suspicions that Uganda has long wanted to eradicate pastoralism in order to clear the land for foreign-owned, mechanised farms, for conservation and for mineral exploitation, have been confirmed in a leaked letter from Janet Museveni, the president's wife, who is the minister in charge of Karamoja affairs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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