Constraints of Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Livelihood Diversification in Eastern Ethiopia: The Case of Mieso District, Oromia Regional State
Keywords:
Constraints, Livelihood diversification, pastoral and agro-pastoral, pushing factor and pulling factor.Abstract
The study was conducted in Western Hararghe of Eastern Ethiopia. It was mainly to examine the major constraints of pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihood diversification in the study area.
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