Nomadic pastoralism in southern Iran

cg.contactansarirenani@yahoo.comen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerNational Institute for Agricultural Technology - INTAen_US
cg.contributor.centerAgricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Animal Science Research Institute of Iran - AREEO - ASRIen_US
cg.contributor.centerAgricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Centers - AREEO - ANRRCen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems - DSen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countryIRen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.idRischkowsky, Barbara: 0000-0002-0035-471Xen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-7136-3-11en_US
cg.issn2041-7136en_US
cg.journalPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practiceen_US
cg.subject.agrovocrangelandsen_US
cg.subject.agrovocsheepen_US
cg.subject.agrovocgoatsen_US
cg.subject.agrovoccashmereen_US
cg.subject.agrovocdairy productsen_US
cg.subject.agrovocwoolen_US
cg.volume3:11en_US
dc.contributorRischkowsky, Barbaraen_US
dc.contributorMueller, Joaquin Pabloen_US
dc.contributorSeyed Momen, S.M.en_US
dc.contributorMoradi, Sepehren_US
dc.creatorAnsari-Renani, Hamid Rezaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-23T23:51:23Z
dc.date.available2017-07-23T23:51:23Z
dc.description.abstractThe nomadic pastoralist system in Baft district in Kerman province is well known in Iran for producing cashmere from Raeini goats. However, there is little information on the production system. Interviews were carried out with 30 Siahjel nomad families of Raen origin in proximity of about 20 km to Baft city in 2010 to characterise the production system in terms of family labour force, work sharing, livestock numbers, management and marketing practices, and diseases. The nomads move their livestock over large distances within the rangelands of the region from May to November, and the majority migrate south during autumn and winter. Of the nomad families, 87% live with and manage their animals together with one or more other related families. All household heads are males. All family members are involved in raising livestock; males and hired labourers dominate the physically harder jobs like shepherding and breeding, while women are involved in milking and caring. Of the animals, 80% are owned by adult or young unmarried males, none by daughters. Average proportion of goats and sheep per family flock are 89% and 8%, respectively, which indicates that Siahjel nomads mainly rely on goats. Adult breeding females constituted the largest group within the goat herds. The rationale for keeping a high number of male goats may be related to their greater production of cashmere. Diseases accounted for 57% of adult and 88% of young animal deaths. The most prevalent diseases were enterotoxaemia, foot-and-mouth disease, pneumonia, agalactia and diarrhoea. Animal sales, meat, cashmere and milk production are the major reasons for keeping goats. Rangeland is considered as the main source of feeding (85% of total annual feed intake); the remaining 15% is provided by stubble grazing. However, the herds do not produce enough meat, milk and cashmere to sustain the life of the nomad families, and thus, they often have to sell part of their stock which will further decrease their income.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.identifierhttps://pastoralismjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2041-7136-3-11en_US
dc.identifierhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/229086094_Nomadic_Pastoralism_in_Southern_Iranen_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/p6txYXgA/v/7b80c0cf7eaf0dea3d4856ad3ded235den_US
dc.identifier.citationHamid Reza Ansari-Renani, Barbara Rischkowsky, Joaquin Pablo Mueller, S. M. Seyed Momen, Sepehr Moradi. (1/12/2013). Nomadic pastoralism in southern Iran. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, 3: 11.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/7251
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSpringerOpenen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0en_US
dc.sourcePastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice;3:11,(2013)en_US
dc.subjectnomaden_US
dc.titleNomadic pastoralism in southern Iranen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2013-05-03en_US
dcterms.issued2013-12-01en_US

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