Transhumance in Transition

Consequences of Socio-Economic Reform. A Case Study of Khoito Gol, Buryatia

Bibliographic Data

ID4106558
AuthorsTatyana Intigrinova (corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume7
Issue1
Pages87-105
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInner Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8172 • E-ISSN: 2210-5018
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/146481705793646982
OpenAlexW2057297997
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

This article is devoted to the investigation of factors determining patterns of cattle transhumance in Khoito Gol (BUR. Northern Valley), located in the Republic of Buryatia,Russian Federation. It represents an attempt to understand the causes of and constraints on seasonal migration to alpine pasturage in a time of social and economic reforms. It identifies vertical stratification of natural resources, including temperature regime, nutritional value of palatable vegetation, and propagation of insects and parasites as the main variable encouraging herd transhumance. These natural conditions provide a low-cost opportunity to improve livestock conditions and increase production. Meanwhile, the study demonstrates a sharp decline of the cattle mobility rate in the post-Soviet period. This trend is determined by economic decline and institutional reorganisation, resulting in social stratification and a deterioration of the herds' security. The results of the research suggest that owners of small herds are more prone to abandon transhumance

Biology · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Herd · Livestock · Political science · Regional science · Russian federation · Socioeconomics · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Food Industry and Aquatic Biology · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Ecology · Forestry

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