The Role of Indigenous Social Institutions on Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Household
Keywords:
pastoral, agro-pastoral, resilience, mutual support, drought, livelihood strategy.Abstract
In both pastoral and agro-pastoral communities there is almost always strong inter-dependence and co-operation among households based on indigenous social institutions. However, those lucrative indigenous institutions are not known to the outsiders and this study filled this knowledge gap in literatures. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select study participants. Data were gathered from households using FGD, interview, key informant interview and case study to attain the objectives of the study. The study revealed that, mutual support is important in terms of each household
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