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The Impact of Climate Change on Pastoralist Livelihoods in
Ethiopia: A Review
Tariku Ayele
*1
Diba Dedecha
2
Daniel Duba
3
1.Bule Hora University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics, Postal code:
+219, Bule Hora, Ethiopia
2.Bule Hora University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Postal
code: +219, Bule Hora, Ethiopia
3.Bule Hora University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Postal code:
+219, Bule Hora, Ethiopia
Abstract
Pastoralism contributed a lot to the economy of the Africa. In Ethiopia, about 10 million pastoralists rely on animal
husbandry as a key source of wealth and subsistence. The livestock sub-sector accounts for 20% of Ethiopia’s
GDP, with the national herd inhabiting Ethiopia’s vast lowland periphery. So as to support pastoralists in Ethiopia,
governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and amongst other actors, have intervened in various
ways. Notwithstanding those remarkable efforts, pastoralist in different parts of Ethiopia operates over
increasingly degraded rangeland due to increasing bush encroachment, population growth, agricultural
encroachment, land degradation, blocked migration routes and conflict triggered over scarce natural resources.
Having this fact, this review was initiated with the aim of exploring pastoral livelihood system in Ethiopia and
impacts of climate change on pastoral livelihoods. Reviewed empirical evidence shows that, pastoralist in Ethiopia
have engaged on various economic activities which include livestock rearing, crop farming, petty trade, hand craft
activities, wood and charcoal sale and casual labor. Moreover, changes in climatic factors directly affected natural
resources, livestock yields , caused animal and human disease epidemics, and loss of animals in pastoral areas.
Therefore, attention should be given on strengthening pastoralist livelihood diversification through providing
training on entrepreneurship, how to pool capital together to finance their economic activities, and ensuring finance
and market access for pastoralist. As they are living in water scarce environment, special attention should also be
given on encouraging participatory soil and water conservation practices, communal watershed and rangeland
management.
Keywords: Pastoralism, Livelihood, Climate change
DOI: 10.7176/JRDM/63-02
Publication date:March 31
st
2020
1. INTRODUCTION
Pastoralists inhabit different parts of the world, including Africa, Central Asia, the Arctic and southern Europe. It
includes thirty six (36) countries, extending from the West of Sahelian to the Eastern Africa’s rangelands and the
Horn and the nomadic populations of Southern Africa, with an estimate of 268 million pastoralists (Blench, 2001;
AU, 2010; Dong et al., 2011). Africa’s dry lands are the center for pastoralists who depend on extensive livestock
production system, mainly cattle, camels, sheep and goats, as their most important source of livelihood, food
security, nutrition, income and wellbeing (AU, 2010). Livestock rearing in pastoral areas involves movement from
one place to other to access publicly managed natural resources (FAO, 2018a). Drylands in East Africa (both arid
and semi-arid lands) are huge in areas which account for 60% to 100% of the land cover of Ethiopia, Uganda,
Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Djibouti (FAO, 2008). Scholars increasingly agree that pastoral eco-systems are suited
to the pastoralist way of life (Brooks, 2006), which after all has evolved and existed successfully in these
landscapes for a long. The economic base of aarid and semi-arid lands in East Afrca is mainly based on animal
herding which operates in resource scarce area, and climatic variables fluctuation which demands flexibility of
movement seasonally. It is often this very flexibility which is a root cause of the political, social and economic
marginalization which pastoralists find them in today (Brooks, 2006).
Pastoralism contributed a lot to the economy of the Africa. It is the source for the supply of millions of
animals to both regional and global markets through livestock trade channels that link local, regional and cross
border markets to neighboring countries and global markets.Generally, pastoralist contributes 10% to 44% to the
gross domestic product (GDP) of African countries (AU, 2010). Eastern African countries such as Somalia, Sudan,
and Ethiopia are known as major exporters of livestock to the Gulf States. In West Africa, the livestock sector
contributes 5% to 44% to the agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (UNDESA, 2007). Pastoralism is a
cultural and economic system that is determined by social structure, resource management, productivity, trade and
social and welfare mechanisms in communities founded on livestock rearing as a primary economic activity (Nori
et al., 2008). In Ethiopia, the livestock sub-sector accounts for 20% of Ethiopia’s GDP, with the national herd
inhabiting Ethiopia’s vast lowland periphery covering 60% of the total land area. About 10 million pastoralists
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rely on animal husbandry as a key source of wealth and subsistence (Samuel, 2016).
In different regions of the world, In the last three decades, pastoralism has faced processes of change that
implies the declining ability of pastoral systems to absorb shocks they are facing and cope up to changes. As a
result of increasing destitution, there have been growing social differentiation and inequalities within the pastoral
communities (FAO, 2018a). While the poor fall out of pastoralism and become destitute, the wealthier stay in
pastoralism and adopted more commercialized approaches (Catley and Aklilu, 2013). In addition, the pastoralist
population is growing at an estimated rate of 2.5% to 3% per annum. Therefore, due to lack of sustained way of
life and existing shocks in pastoral areas, people have to move away from pastoralism (AU, 2010). These observed
changes in pastoralist widen the differences in asset between wealthy and poor segments of pastoralist and make
it hard to return back to pastoralism latter on (Catley and Aklilu, 2013; Aklilu et al., 2016). The increasing
destitution and decreasing standard of living take place against a backdrop of lack of infrastructure, poor education
and health service, and deteriorating security situations. Such a situation has serious implications for the viability,
adaptive capacity and resilience of the pastoral livelihood system (Catley, 2017).
Cognizant of natural and made shocks like erratic rainfall pattern, drought, floods, and conflicts to which
pastoralists are vulnerable, governmental institution and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and amongst
other actors, have been attempted to support pastoralists in Ethiopia in various ways from improving animal and
human health, supporting and introducing diversification activities (often based on rangeland resources), creating
and strengthening access to markets, natural resource access (such as water access), strengthening traditional
institutions and improving rangeland management (Solomon, n.d; Berhanu et al., 2017). Notwithstanding those
remarkable efforts, still there remains further works to be done so as to transform their livelihood system on
sustainable manner. Today, pastoralist in Ethiopia operates over a circumscribed area of increasingly degraded
rangeland now suffering from increasing bush encroachment.The rangelands are shrinking through various factors
including population growth, agricultural encroachment, land degradation, blocked migration routes and conflict
triggered amongst others by scarce natural resources (Eyasu and Feyera, 2010). Having this fact, this review was
initiated to explore pastoral livelihood system in Ethiopia with the specific objectives of reviewing major economic
activities practiced by pastoral communities and impacts of climate change on pastoral livelihoods.
2. REVIEWS
2.1. Overview of Livelihood System of Pastoral Communities in Ethiopia
Ethiopian pastoralists who are mainly found in four lowland regions, Afar, Oromiya, Somali and the Southern
Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) regional states and partly in Gambella and Benishangul areas involved
in various livelihoods systems (Sileshi, 2016). Livestock rearing is dominant means of livelihood for pastoral
communities (Solomon, n.d; Birch, 2018). Nationwide the livestock sub-sector accounts for 20% of Ethiopia’s
GDP, with the national herd inhabiting Ethiopia’s vast lowland periphery covering 60% of the total land area.
About 10 million pastoralists rely on animal husbandry as a key source of wealth and subsistence (Samuel, 2016).
In addition to the dominant livestock sector, pastoral communities have long been involved in different economic
activities and derive a significant portion of their subsistence from activities such as farming, migration to towns,
petty trading, selling of charcoal and fuel wood wage labor, caravan trade, and crafts. This shows that, there are a
huge variety of non-livestock livelihood strategies practiced by pastoralists in different areas (Sileshi, 2016).
Empirical evidence by Doyo (2017) shows that Borena pastoralist of Yabello district derive 72.49% of their income
from pastoral and dry land farming (cereal crop production, livestock and livestock product sale), 21.30% from
high return non-pastoral non-farm activities (livestock trade, opening bars at local town, renting house at town,
vehicles transportation) and 6.21% from low return non-pastoral non-farm activities which includes petty trade
like shopping, hand craft activities, remittance, wood and charcoal sale and casual labor.
According to the same source, being the livestock sector predominant in Borana pastoralists of Yabello
district, four major species of livestock such as cattle, sheep, goat and camels are kept by herders. Cattle are the
most preferred types of livestock and considered as the major wealth indicator in Borana community. Sheep and
goats, on the other hand, are the major sources of income for household for meeting consumption of food or non
food needs. Camels also introduced recently in to the production system. A study conducted by Amare (2018) also
confirms that, similar livelihood systems are practiced by Borena pastoralist. Transhumance system is identified
as the main livestock production system in Borena. Transhumance system featured by strategic seasonal movement
of pastoralists along with their animals in search of pasture along with water source for human and livestock enable
to cope up the effect of relatively longer dry period and returns back to their original place during the onset of the
rainy season (RREDP, n.d). Even though livestock production predominantly forms the basis of the economy in
pastoral areas of Borena, still the productivity of milk (i.e. milk liter/ animal /day) in the area is low with cattle
productivity ranging between 0.5 liters and 2.5 liters and an estimated average of 1.5 liters/cattle. The average
daily milk yield of camel and shoats in Borena pastoral areas is estimated to 3.5 liters and 0.25 liters respectively
(RREDP, n.d).
Moreover, Smith et al., (2015) identified farming/crop production and sales, livestock production and sales,
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wage labor, salaried work, sale of wild/brush products, self-employment, sale of other non-livestock assets,
remittances, and gifts/inheritance as common means of livelihood for pastoralists in Borena and Jigjiga. Pastoralist
from Gambella region shares the same livelihoods including fishery (Yilebes, 2017). A finding by Berhanu et al.,
(2017) shows about 51% of households in Afar region engaged in purely pastoral livelihood system where 100%
of income received from livestock rearing followed by 24.1% agro-pastoral household where members own
livestock but do not move them from their private land (i.e. livestock are kept in enclosures) with crop growing
and with other income-generation activities. Similarly, 36.1% of households in Somali region are purely pastoralist
with no permanent residence, no crop growing and other source of income while 34.8% are pastoral household
where members move mobile livestock regularly to agreed grazing areas within the woreda, with milking/weak
animals kept around the settlement, with no crop growing and no other income-generation activities.
About 40.9% and 43.9% of households in SNNPR (South Omo and Benchi Maji) and Oromia region (Borena)
respectively are agro-pastoralist where members move mobile livestock regularly to agreed grazing areas within
the woreda and with no other sources of income. About 29.4% of households in SNNPR (South Omo and Benchi
Maji) are pastoral household where members move mobile livestock regularly to agreed grazing areas within the
woreda, with milking/weak animals kept around the settlement (i.e. a ‘satellite’ system), with no crop growing and
no other income-generation activities while 35.2% of households in Oromia region (Borena) were agro-pastoral
household where members own livestock but do not move them from their private land with crop growing and
with other income-generation activities (Berhanu et al., 2017). Cash income from the livestock and its products
sale is the most important contributor to pastoral household. The second most important source of cash income
varies from region to region. While crop farming is second most important source of cash income in Borana and
SNNPR, businesses are second most important source of cash income in the Somali region. In Afar, miscellaneous
cash income sources such as productive safety net program (PSNP) and transfers are second most important source
of cash income (Berhanu et al., 2017). Even if Borena pastoralists are engaged in varied economic activities, their
participation in non/off-farm activities are constrained by a number of factors which includes lack of capital,
security and peace, lack of entrepreneurial skill, inaccessibility of the markets and lack of employment (Samuel,
2016).
2.2. Pastoral Livestock Production System in Ethiopia
Pastoral livestock production is a crucial element in the livelihoods and economies of Africa’s drylands. The land’s
physical characteristics, climatic conditions and plant communities are well suited for mobile livestock production
because the semiarid regions experience highly variable rainfall and drought, fodder availability fluctuates widely
through time and space (Dong et al., 2011; Sidahmed, 2018; Krätli et al., 2018). Exploiting these environments
requires mobility and flexibility to match available feed resources with the animal numbers and water at a site
(Behnke et al., 1993). The mobility of pastoralists exploiting the animal feed resources along different ecological
zones represents a flexible response to a dry and increasingly variable environment. It allows pastoral herds to use
the drier areas during the wet season and more humid areas during the dry season. As a result, pastoral livestock
are ensured sufficient high quality grazing. Mobility also allows pastoralists to mitigate the effect of unforeseen
events, such as disease outbreaks (Niamir‑Fuller, 1999). These strategies allow pastoralists to survive in difficult
environments and create economic value out of otherwise fragile ecosystems. Therefore, constraints on pastoral
mobility, such as changes in land use, tenure regulations and borders, can undermine the whole pastoral system.
The adaptability and mobility of pastoralism in relation to resource variability have been undermined by factors
including climate change, environmental degradation and pressures to increase agricultural production to feed a
rapidly growing population. The low mean rainfall of the late twentieth century, combined with the technocratic
approaches to development, has increasingly marginalized the traditional approaches to resource management and
food security (Brooks, 2006). These factors resulted in rapid changes in land use and land control and compression
of pastoralists’ livelihood space. As a result, social conflicts between agriculturalists and pastoralists have
increased, along with the problems associated with overgrazing and land resource deterioration. These changes
have left many pastoralists living in a “world of insecurity, war, famine and drought” (Baxter, 1993). The Pastoral
and agro-pastoral systems which are found in the lowlands are characterized by extensive production based largely
on the rangeland as arid and semi-arid agro–ecology zones receive low moisture most of the year and feed is scarce
in the dry season, pastoralists move their animals from place to place in search of feed and water. Such a
management strategy helps them survive the dry season with minimum losses. This production system is associated
with the purely livestock based nomadic and transhumance pastoral production systems based largely on range,
primarily using natural vegetation (Matawork, 2016).
Pastoral/agro-pastoral production is the major system of production practiced in the lowland regions of
Ethiopia where livelihoods are heavily dependent on livestock. Extensive livestock keeping is the backbone of the
economies of the lowlands (FAO, 2018b). As EARO (2000) cited in FAO (2018b), in the lowlands of Ethiopia,
livestock is comprised of large flocks and herds of sheep and goats, cattle and camels mainly transhumant, where
only surplus are sold at local markets or trekked to major consumption centers. Cattle dominate the livestock
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population in pastoral and agro pastoral systems followed by camel, goats, and sheep. Cows constitute about 40
percent of the herd. Major pastoral areas extend from the north-eastern and eastern lowlands (Afar and Somali) to
the southern and south-western lowlands (Borana and South Omo). Relatively larger flocks are maintained in the
lowland (agro) pastoral systems. Approximately cattle keeping pastoral/agro-pastoral households are estimated to
be 3.1 million with average herd size: 10–20; large herds of >200 heads are common too. Typical breeds are
entirely indigenous breeds are kept. Feed types for cattle include predominantly communal rangeland pastures;
crop residues are used to a limited extent in agro-pastoral areas (FAO, 2018b). The major feed resources for sheep
and goats include grazing on communal natural pasture, crop stubble, fallow grazing, roadside grazing, crop
residues, browses, and non-conventional feeds (household food leftovers, weeds, crop tillers and fillers)(Matawork,
2016; FAO, 2018b). Production of improved forages, improvement of low quality feed sources such as crop
residues and supplementary feeding (except fattening) is almost non-existent (Solomon et al., 2008). Boreholes,
deep wells, dams, rain water, and rivers are major sources of water. Milk production per unit area is low and highly
seasonal. However, milk is usually produced in excess during the wet season and is either sold fresh to nearby
urban centres or processed into butter to be traded with the highlanders in the peripheral markets for grains. The
reliance of the agro-pastoral and pastoral systems on the overgrazed natural resource base makes them most
vulnerable to climate change.
2.3. Impacts of Climate Change on Pastoral Livelihoods
Pastoral areas in Ethiopia are characterized by frequent drought with high livestock mortality which often results
in threatening viability of pastoral livelihood, famine and deaths in human population (Solomon, 2016). Increasing
pressures due to natural and man-made shocks that are leading to imbalance between these populations and the
resources they depend on to sustain themselves and ongoing climate change is expected to increase the
unpredictability of rainfall, leading to more frequent droughts and floods (Smith et al., 2015). These factors
exacerbated livelihood challenge among pastoralists as it is hardly to understand pastoralists’ livelihood system
independent of natural resources. In a study conducted by BER (2016) to assess the degree of interdependency
between livelihood strategies and natural resources in three agro-ecological zones of Bale Eco-Region, on average,
next to midland (97.75%), high degree of dependency on natural resources (Land, water, forests, and soil) was
observed in lowlanders with average percentage of 97.5% followed by highland (93.75%). This indicates that
pastoralist livelihoods are highly tied with natural resources and persistence in climate change causes devastation
of natural resources that will in turn pose pastoralist livelihood hardship by affecting their dominant livelihood
base.
Climate change and variability in Ethiopia poses particular risks to poor farmers and pastoralists who have
an immediate daily dependence on climate sensitive livelihoods and natural resources. In addition to the
physiological effects of higher temperatures on individual animals, loss of animals as a result of droughts and
floods, or disease epidemics related to climate change may thus increase. Indirect effects may be felt via ecosystem
changes that alter the distribution of animal diseases or the supply of feed. Moreover, the spatial distribution and
availability of pasture and water are highly dependent on the pattern and availability of rainfall. Changes in the
patterns of rainfall and ranges of temperature affect feed availability, grazing ranges, feed quality, weed, pest and
disease incidence (Tiruneh and Tegene, 2018). Climate change characterized by changing rainfall patterns and
temperature increases will affect poor Ethiopian people whose survival depends on rain-fed agriculture through
farming and/or pastoralism (Ludi et al., 2011). According to Venton et al., (2012), the frequency of droughts and
floods has increased in many areas of Ethiopia in recent years, and these people are already struggling to cope with
the impacts of current climate variability and poverty. NAPA (2007) cited in Reid et al., (2013) identifies
pastoralists as amongst those most vulnerable to climate change impacts and states that “drought is the single most
important climate related natural hazard impacting the country. In southern Ethiopia, specifically in Borana zone,
drought frequency in the region used to be every 6-8 years, but has now increased to every 1-2 years (Reid et al.,
2013).
According to Eyasu and Feyera (2010), livestock numbers in pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities of
Southern Ethiopia (Borena and Karrayyu) are declining dramatically, land degradation is increasing, people are
becoming more vulnerable to drought and famine and resource-based conflicts are increasing in severity. In Borana
areas, climate change affected livestock production by causing feed shortage, shortage of water, reduced
productivity, and decreased mature weight and/or longer time to reach mature weight (Tiruneh and Tegene, 2018).
In addition, as explained in Reid et al., (2013), climate change will provide an additional stressor for Borana
communities. The following table illustrates how climate change affects livelihoods in the Borana Zone.
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Figure 1: Impacts of climate on local livelihoods in the Borana Zone
Source: Authors’ sketch based on Reid et al., (2013)
3. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Now a day, transformation of pastoral communities’ livelihood has become a subject of focus worldwide. Given
vulnerability of pastoral community to natural and manmade shocks due to the environment within which they are
living, it is impossible to bring sustainable transformation on pastoral communities livelihood without
understanding and influencing economic activities to which they are engaged in and how their livelihood interact
with existing and changing environment. Cognizant of it, this review was aimed at exploring major economic
activities practiced by pastoral communities and how change in climate would affect pastoral communities’
livelihood system in Ethiopia. Reviewed empirical evidence shows that, pastoralist in Ethiopia, in addition to
livestock rearing which form their dominant livelihood base, they engaged in various economic activities which
include crop farming, petty trade, hand craft activities, wood and charcoal sale and casual labor. Even if they are
engaged in diversified livelihoods, their degree of participation is constrained by different factors such as capital
shortage, poor entrepreneurial skill, and inaccessibility of the markets. Moreover, changes in climatic factors such
as temperature, precipitation and the frequency and severity of extreme events like droughts directly affected
livestock yields in pastoral areas. Therefore, attention should be given on strengthening pastoralist livelihood
diversification through providing training on entrepreneurship, how to pool capital together to finance their
economic activities, and ensuring finance and market access for pastoralist. As they are living in moisture deficit
areas, the focus should be on encouraging participatory soil and water conservation, and watershed management.
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