Download or read book Assessment of Major Factors Affecting Pastoral Sustainable Livelihood. The Case of Borana, Southern Ethiopia written by Godana Huka Godana and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Economic and Social History, Addis Ababa University (College of business and economics), course: Economics, language: English, abstract: The objective of this study is to assess the major factors affecting the sustainable livelihood of Borana pastoralist. This study specially focuses on drought, bush encroachment, resource base shrinkage, customary institution and development intervention policy. A qualitative survey research design was used. The purposive sampling technique was employed to select a sample from the population. Data was gathered through semi-structure interview and focused group discussion, and the collected data was analyzed through a descriptive method. This study found that recurrent drought, expansion in bush encroachment, resource base shrinkage, erosion in customary institution and current state development intervention policy has negatively affected the sustainable livelihood of Borana pastoralist.