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Compare and contrast between the african and indian pastroliosts

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Answered by AnamSiddiqui28
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INDIAN PASTROLIOST

1. Indian PASTROLIST  reared animals like goat, sheep in Himalayan and Kashmir mountain ranges.

2During summer, they move to snow melted mountain sides where there were fresh grasses and nutritious forage, available for the animal herds. Also in winter, the herds were grazed in the low areas

3Pastoralists were also found in plateaus, plains and deserts of India where most of them were shepherds; some were blanket weavers and were buffalo herders.

4In plateaus and plains, when the grazing grounds were dry and exhausted, they moved out to other directions in search of pasture and water for their cattle.

AFRICAN PASTROLIST

1 .Most of the pastoralists in Africa lived in the semi-arid grasslands or arid deserts.


2.Before colonial times, their herds were grazed over a vast area from North Kenya to the steppes of Northern Tanzania

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3.One of the communities called Maasai raise cattle, camels, goats, sheep and donkeys; and they sell milk, meat, animal skin and wool

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4.Some people earn through trade and transport; others combine pastoral activity with agriculture and some do odd jobs. Pastoral is not their only activity.
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