The mortality and fertility of farmers and pastoralists in central Mali 1950-1981

Working Paper
Published on
byInternational Livestock Centre for Africa

Abstract

Reports results of two demographic sample surveys in central Mali, analysing data which relate to age specific mortality and fertility of Bambara cultivators and Twareg nomadic cattle herders living in the area of the Niger inundation zone. Discusses results of the 1981 survey & compares them with earlier surveys undertaken in 1956-1958 & 1960-1961 & w. census data of 1979.

Authors

  • Hill, A.C.
  • Randall, S.
  • Sullivan, O.

Related Publications

Resilience in practice: Re-examining social assistance and collective solidarity for climate change adaptation

  • Mohamed, Tahira Shariff

Africa rises to combat drought and desertification

  • CGTN Africa

Anticipatory action in the drylands: Exploring key challenges and opportunities for early warning in pastoralist areas of the Greater Horn of Africa

  • Derbyshire, Samuel F.
  • Mohamed, Tahira Shariff
  • Hassan, Rahma
  • Banerjee, Rupsha R.
  • Roba, Guyo Malicha
  • Elmi, Mohamed

Effects of livestock related gender roles on pastoral children and their implication to RVF risk exposure

  • Mutambo, Irene N.
  • Bett, Bernard
  • Bukachi, S.A.

Pastoralism and early warning

  • Derbyshire, Samuel F.

Assessing the effectiveness of drought anticipatory action in Uganda's agro-pastoral drylands: A cost-benefit analysis

  • Mukwaya, Puff Ray