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Pastoralist Resilience: the Roles of Customary Institutions in Central Afghanistan

Introduction Worldwide, there are over 200 million pastoralists living in harsh and uncertain contexts where alternative farming systems are hardly possible.1,2 Livestock reared in pastoral systems contribute significantly to national and regional economies and provide important environmental services such as carbon sequestration, fire prevention, and biodiversity conservation.1 About 10% (2.5 million people) of the total […]