| Abstract: | Discussion of herd and flock structure, household involvement in market exchange, and labour use in West African pastoral societies. Conclusions: a) in West African pastoral economies without agriculture, labour requirements are low; b) cooperation between households is often necessary to capture economies of scale; c) the labour requirements of mixed species herding are proportionally greater than those of single species herding, and economies of scale are more difficult to capture; d) output in pastoral economies is in general relatively insensitive to increased labour input; e) in mixed agro-pastoral enterprises seasonal labour bottlenecks are liable to constrain the expansion either of agriculture or of livestock production, the labour requirement of such mixed-farming enterprises are consequently high. Notes. |
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