Prospects for Pastoralism in Kazakstan and Turkmenistan: From State Farms to Private Flocks

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The collapse of the Soviet Union has brought a range of privatization policies dismantling the collective state farms within which the Central Asian pastoralists plied their livelihoods. Kerven (Overseas Development Institute, UK) present 13 chapters that separately examine aspects of this transition in Kazakhstan, where it was sudden, and Turkmenistan, where it has been relatively gradual. The papers explore issues of environmental degradation, financial crisis due to reduced economies of scale and destocking, loss of markets, leasing schemes, and the growth of farmers' associations.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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This collection traces how pastoralists have coped with the challenges of change in their precarious position in a part of the world with a long-tradition of livestock keeping.


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The collapse of the Soviet Union has brought a range of privatization policies dismantling the collective state farms within which the Central Asian pastoralists plied their livelihoods. Kerven (Overseas Development Institute, UK) present 13 chapters that separately examine aspects of this transition in Kazakhstan, where it was sudden, and Turkmenistan, where it has been relatively gradual. The papers explore issues of environmental degradation, financial crisis due to reduced economies of scale and destocking, loss of markets, leasing schemes, and the growth of farmers' associations. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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