Question

Discuss how the life of pastoralist changed dramatically under the colonial rule

Answer 1

When grazing land were taken over and turned into cultivated fields, the available area of pastureland decline. Due to reservation of forest , cattle herder could no longer freely let their cattle graze in forest . As pastureland disappeared under the plough, the existing animal stock had to fed on .
Whatever grazing land remind, which latter led to continous intensive grazing of these pastures which did not allowed of vegetation growth . This ultinately led to shortage of forests for animal and destetioration of animal stock-underfed cattle died in large number during scarcities and faninus