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Give the Factors Influencing Nomadic Pastoralism.

Give the Factors Influencing Nomadic Pastoralism.

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Kavungya
a) Grazing areas are free from animal pests especially tsetse flies for being dry and hot.
b) Savannah grassland and semi-desert conditions which cause grass to sprout during rains and drying during the hot dry season.
c) Availability of grass most times of the year in the bush and wooded savannah.
d) Gentle or relatively flat terrain of the areas which makes it easy for the movement of animals from one place to another.
e) Sparse population of N and N.E region due to harsh climatic conditions which encourages nomadic pastoralism because each community is able to occupy large tracts of land.
f) Desert and semi-desert conditions which don’t favour agriculture making livestock rearing to be way of earning livelihood.
g) Tradition of the people whereby animals are a sign of wealth and are used for paying dowry and slaughtered for festivals.
Kavungya answered the question on May 3, 2019 at 10:45

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