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| Paper Title: | Livestock Diversity among the Sedentary and Transhumant Pastoralists: A Case Study from Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Authors Name: | Mohd Ikram , Mohammad Taufique , Nadeem Akhter |
| Unique Id: | IJSDR2404014 |
| Published In: | Volume 9 Issue 4, April-2024 |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Diversification can occur in two ways, horizontal and vertical. But the present study assessed the horizontal diversification of livestock species based on data availability. So far crop diversification, economic diversification, agricultural diversification, livelihood diversification etc., has gained enormous attention worldwide but to some extent the work on livestock diversification is ignored. The present study focused on the livestock diversification among the sedentary and transhumant Gujjar and Bakarwals of the study area. METHODS: The study used a descriptive research method to analyse the livestock diversification based on the primary data. For the present study Rajouri district of the Jammu and Kashmir has been taken as the study area. The district consists of nineteen blocks, and multi-stage sampling techniques have been applied to collect the data. In order to assess the livestock diversity, Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index is used. FINDING: The study demonstrated that the sedentary/semi-migrants’ pastoralists having the highest proportion of goats (30.5 per cent) and buffaloes (30 per cent) followed by the sheep (25 per cent), cow (7.9 per cent) and oxen (4.6 per cent) population. While the proportion of livestock species found among the transhumant pastoralists are goats (52.8 per cent) and sheep (40.4 per cent) followed by the buffaloes (3.10 per cent) and horse (1.87 per cent). The proportion of cows and oxen population is found less in the transhumant pastoralist’s livestock units. In contrast, the proportion of horses and mules is fond least in the sedentary pastoralist’s livestock units. This variation is due to the fact that the transhumance prefers to possessed horses and mules with their main livestock species to transport their luggage from one location to others at the time of their seasonal migrations, but on the other hand sedentary pastoralists prefers to possessed oxen for ploughing and threshing purposes. CONCLUSION: The study discovered that sedentary pastoralists' livestock diversity is more than 10 per cent than that of the transhumant livestock unit. Special attention should be paid to encourage the tribal pastoralists for diversifying their livestock. Livestock diversity minimize the risk of loss of livestock by various extreme events and also maximize the benefits from their livestock. In addition to economic gain, diversifying livestock units allows for a more comprehensive exploitation of various grasses, herbs, shrubs, and plant species, as different animals require different kinds of feed, and at the same time, it lesser the pressure on a single forage species and balance the ecosystem. |
| Keywords: | Livestock Diversity, Transhumance, Sedentary, Pastoralists, Gujjar & Bakarwals |
| Cite Article: | "Livestock Diversity among the Sedentary and Transhumant Pastoralists: A Case Study from Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.95 - 102, April-2024, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2404014.pdf |
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| Publication Details: | Published Paper ID: IJSDR2404014 Registration ID:210343 Published In: Volume 9 Issue 4, April-2024 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11059311 Page No: 95 - 102 Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org ISSN Number: 2455-2631 |
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