TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fre, Zeremarian
AB  - Beni-Amer cattle owners in the western part of the Horn of Africa are not only masters in cattle breeding, they are also knowledge sovereign, in terms of owning productive genes of cattle and the cognitive knowledge base crucial to sustainable development. The strong bonds between the Beni-Amer, their animals, and their environment constitute the basis of their ways of knowing, and much of their knowledge system is built on experience and embedded in their cultural practices.    In this book, the first to study Beni-Amer practices, Zeremariam Fre argues for the importance of their knowledge, challenging the preconceptions that regard it as untrustworthy when compared to scientific knowledge from more developed regions. Empirical evidence suggests that there is much one could learn from the other, since elements of pastoralist technology, such as those related to animal production and husbandry, make a direct contribution to our knowledge of livestock production. It is this potential for hybridisation, as well as the resilience of the herders, at the core of the indigenous knowledge system.
DO  - 10.14324/111.9781787353114
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1000261
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1045069757
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29683
KW  - Cattle
KW  - African cattle
KW  - Horn of Africa
KW  - Beni-Amer
KW  - Eritrea
KW  - Grazing
KW  - Livestock
KW  - Pastoralism
KW  - Sudan
KW  - Traditional knowledge
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29683/1/Knowledge-Sovereignty-among-African-Cattle-Herders.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29683/1/Knowledge-Sovereignty-among-African-Cattle-Herders.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29683/1/Knowledge-Sovereignty-among-African-Cattle-Herders.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29683/1/Knowledge-Sovereignty-among-African-Cattle-Herders.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34932
PB  - UCL Press
PY  - 2018
SN  - 9781787353114
TI  - Knowledge Sovereignty Among African Cattle Herdersnull
ER  - 
