| dc.description.abstract | This thesis is about pastoralist’s risks to their livelihoods under scenarios of expected climate
changes and non-climate change in resource tenure. The study aimed at exploring the
livelihood challenge facing by Datoga pastoralists and potential for livelihood improvement.
The study also examined at the current and the future situation of pastoralists in regard with
the current policies. The study used mixed method research in data collections framed within
the subject of sustainable livelihood framework for analyzing multifaceted relationships that
exit between assets, livelihood strategies and outcome.The study found out that pastoralist are
confronted by many livelihood risks such as lack of access to resources that are needed for
their sustainability of their livelihood such as poor market conditions, lack of health services,
and limited access to safe and clean water. Land has been the scarcest resource because
investors and farmers own the huge part of village land. Conflicts between pastoralist and
other land users are common, although the magnitude might not be so alarming as often
claimed. Much of pastoralists’ problems of land use could be addressed by improved policies.
The problem remains that there are no specific policies to promote pastoralism, while
encouraging livestock keeping as commercial ranches. This thesis concludes that the
continuated marginalization and deprivation of the Datoga pastoralists was a result of lack of
appreciation and acknowledgement of the pastoralism sector to the economy by the
government. Pastoralists were denied all essential services for improvement of their
livelihood. | nb_NO |
