Chapter 16- Range Management in Developing Countries

1. Overview2. Challenges to African pastoralism3. Problems relating to livestock numbers4. Land tenure and communal grazing5. Drought6. Range problems in Latin America 7. Information versus prescription range

management8. Agricultural versus industrial development

Problems Confronting African Pastoralists

1. Rapid population growth2. Loss of common property resources3. Drought4. Commoditization5. Urban migration6. Political turmoil

Causes of Loss of Grazing Land to African Pastoralists

1. Expanding farming operations2. Private ranches3. Wheat estates4. Urbanization5. Tourist game parks

Range Problems in Latin America

1. Currency devaluation2. Lack of credit3. Unsound macroeconomic policies4. Uncertain property rights5. Lack of education6. Prescription range management7. Political instability

Essential factors for Improved Conditions in Developing Countries

1. National unity2. Market-oriented economy3. Democratic form of government4. Sound education system5. Protection of private property rights6. Opportunity for social and economic mobility7. Level of economic growth exceeding level of

population growth

Prescription versus Information Range Management

Industrial versus Agricultural Development