Rural Livelihood Trajectories Around a “Bull Market” in Kyrgyzstan

Martinière, Raphaële de la

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“…The official delineation of smallholder farms on the basis of size and legal status alone, without considering additional socioeconomic and agro-ecological parameters, neglects the diversity of smallholder farms [27,41]. While our theoretical classification approach using multivariate statistical methods to identify farm types is not new, it is a fundamental step in describing the socioeconomic conditions of farmers [48].…”

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“…Other case studies on Kyrgyzstan's agricultural transition processes have established farm typologies based on resource capacities, including livestock numbers, non-farm activities, and farmers' livelihood strategies [27,[39][40][41]. The latter include diverse activities such as agricultural practices, off-farm employment, and off-farm diversification aimed at generating income.…”

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A Proposed Typology of Farming Systems for Assessing Sustainable Livelihood Development Pathways in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan

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In Kyrgyzstan, most farming systems focus on animal husbandry, which depends on mixtures of crops and pastures around settlements and higher-elevation summer pastures. These farms face the problems of insufficient fodder production and pasture degradation due to overgrazing, resulting in low productivity of livestock and reduced household incomes. The spatial diversity of farms often hampers the development of interventions aimed at improving crop and animal productivity, as well as sustainable grassland management, while the absence of a comprehensive and systematic classification system that effectively encompasses the diverse range of livelihood strategies within farming systems presents a significant obstacle to the advancement of initiatives promoting sustainable livelihoods. This study aimed to develop a consistent typology of smallholder farms in the Tien Shan using multivariate analysis. By analyzing data from 235 farm-households and evaluating key classification variables, we identified two distinct farming systems, upper mountain farms and lower mountain farms, based on socioeconomic and agro-ecological characteristics. Our typology considers elevation, grazing period, cultivated area, and off-farm income and better captures the diversity of farming activities and household income compared to current classification models. These findings will inform and tailor policies and interventions suitable for enhancing sustainable livelihoods in Kyrgyzstan’s mountain farming systems.

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A Proposed Typology of Farming Systems for Assessing Sustainable Livelihood Development Pathways in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan

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Sidle,

Darr

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Traveling Up Hill and Down Dale: Using Isotopic Studies of Human and Animal Mobility in Chalcolithic Portugal to Investigate Intraregional Patterns of Social and Economic Relationships in Late Prehistory

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2023

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

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Urbanization, livestock systems and food security in developing countries: A systematic review of the literature

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This study systematically reviews the peer-reviewed literature on livestock production and food security in urbanizing environments of developing countries to synthesize the existing evidence and identify priorities for future research. Specifically, a systematic literature review was undertaken using PubMed, ISI Web of Science and Scopus databases over the period 1980-2017, resulting in a final number of 72 articles meeting our selection criteria. The results revealed a fragmentation in the literature, which draws from a very small number of studies, and is positioned in widely varied research areas, environments, livestock systems and consumption patterns. With such heterogeneity, drawing generalizations from the literature may be unreachable. Furthermore, the literature is largely qualitative in nature, with very few comprehensive models to capture and integrate empirical evidence. Food security was typically found to be narrowly defined, focusing primarily on interlinks with livestock supply. Considerably less attention has been given to other relevant dimensions of food security, such as accessibility, utilization and stability. Another important finding of relevance to food security is a need to address the Bmissing middle^in livestock value chains since the literature has customarily concentrated extensively on the two ends of the livestock value chain, i.e., on production and consumption, while widely ignoring other elements and actors along the value chain. A further focus on the interrelationships between livestock production, food security and urbanization in developing countries through a holistic and interdisciplinary approach is recommended. Particularly, future research aiming to understand livestock systems in the context of rapid urbanization should put more emphasis on addressing the full continuum of the livestock value chain and the four dimensions that drive food security in developing countries and how they possibly interrelate.

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Rural Livelihood Trajectories Around a “Bull Market” in Kyrgyzstan

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

A Proposed Typology of Farming Systems for Assessing Sustainable Livelihood Development Pathways in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan

A Proposed Typology of Farming Systems for Assessing Sustainable Livelihood Development Pathways in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan

Traveling Up Hill and Down Dale: Using Isotopic Studies of Human and Animal Mobility in Chalcolithic Portugal to Investigate Intraregional Patterns of Social and Economic Relationships in Late Prehistory

Urbanization, livestock systems and food security in developing countries: A systematic review of the literature

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