Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley

Abstract This article, based on long-term fieldwork, argues that the Bodi, a small agro-pastoral community in Ethiopia’s lower Omo Valley, are experiencing distress selling of livestock and are undergoing collective impoverishment. These processes are a result of the rapid comprehensive transformati...

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Autor principal:	Fana Gebresenbet
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	South Omo Sugar industrialisation Gilgel Gibe III dam Konso State resource extraction Animal culture SF1-1100
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/6bf40ed7dadf48e8a6f6e3c2d3897665
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6bf40ed7dadf48e8a6f6e3c2d38976652021-11-28T12:05:49ZSugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley10.1186/s13570-020-00180-32041-7136https://doaj.org/article/6bf40ed7dadf48e8a6f6e3c2d38976652021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-020-00180-3https://doaj.org/toc/2041-7136Abstract This article, based on long-term fieldwork, argues that the Bodi, a small agro-pastoral community in Ethiopia’s lower Omo Valley, are experiencing distress selling of livestock and are undergoing collective impoverishment. These processes are a result of the rapid comprehensive transformations unfolding in the valley, which are themselves a product of the state’s aggressive resource extraction interests. These interests mainly relate to the building of the Gilgel Gibe III dam on the Omo River and the establishment of large-scale sugar estates. Increased insecurity in the valley followed these interventions. When combined, these changes resulted in the deterioration of the food security and livelihood situations of the Bodi, and the community attempted to cope by selling animals from their herds. Hence, the main reasons for market engagement relate to (1) coping with hunger, (2) coping with a high incidence of animal diseases and (3) coping with high rates of imprisonment of men. The Bodi also engage in three constrained livelihood alternatives: rain-fed farming, irrigated farming and wage employment. This article recommends that resolving the Bodi’s erosion of livelihoods necessitates addressing insecurity and the related socio-political outcomes, which lie at the heart of the Bodi’s dwindling livelihood situation and impoverishment.Fana GebresenbetSpringerOpenarticleSouth OmoSugar industrialisationGilgel Gibe III damKonsoState resource extractionAnimal cultureSF1-1100ENPastoralism, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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description	Abstract This article, based on long-term fieldwork, argues that the Bodi, a small agro-pastoral community in Ethiopia’s lower Omo Valley, are experiencing distress selling of livestock and are undergoing collective impoverishment. These processes are a result of the rapid comprehensive transformations unfolding in the valley, which are themselves a product of the state’s aggressive resource extraction interests. These interests mainly relate to the building of the Gilgel Gibe III dam on the Omo River and the establishment of large-scale sugar estates. Increased insecurity in the valley followed these interventions. When combined, these changes resulted in the deterioration of the food security and livelihood situations of the Bodi, and the community attempted to cope by selling animals from their herds. Hence, the main reasons for market engagement relate to (1) coping with hunger, (2) coping with a high incidence of animal diseases and (3) coping with high rates of imprisonment of men. The Bodi also engage in three constrained livelihood alternatives: rain-fed farming, irrigated farming and wage employment. This article recommends that resolving the Bodi’s erosion of livelihoods necessitates addressing insecurity and the related socio-political outcomes, which lie at the heart of the Bodi’s dwindling livelihood situation and impoverishment.
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title	Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley
title_short	Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley
title_full	Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley
title_fullStr	Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley
title_full_unstemmed	Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley
title_sort	sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the bodi pastoralists in ethiopia’s lower omo valley
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Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s lower Omo valley

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