COW ECONOMY: RECONSTITUTING THE BALALO COW ECONOMY DEBATE
| dc.contributor.author | Daniel Komakech | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-30T13:00:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-30T13:00:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Drawing from the current debate on nomadic pastoralists, particularly on the Balalo, we observe that the bigger problem is that, the Balalo and the nomadic pastoralists’ cow economy, are not able to articulate the rationale of their occupation from a policy language. Besides, nomadic pastoralist economy has since been an informal and not a formal sector and consequently, not understood and considered therefore as economically unviable. We argue that nomadic pastoralist economy is nevertheless, a system that is not anarchic or backward and therefore, not different from other modes of the economy. As a system, it is coherent and rational, with different parts, including a grazing corridor, which once disturbed results into multiple challenges. This is what we are witnessing today, with the case of the Balalo nomadic pastoralists. Similarly, the social, economic and ecological features that enable pastoralist economy and the contribution of the pastoralists to the national economy cannot be considered in isolation, because it is an integrated system. The indigenous economy and knowledge as well as scientific / capitalist economy and knowledge, are all co-existent within the landscape of cow economy. For example, the ecological value of cow and animal movements has been observed as extremely important. Consequently, there is a need to establish: Uganda Livestock Authority (ULA) and a research based Uganda Livestock Research Institute (ULRI), to reinforce the appreciation of nomadic pastoralists as well as, cow economy. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Department Roya Miles Transitional Justice Governance Koro, Gulu Highway, Gulu City. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/569 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Document RM/OCD-23-001 Communications Department Roya Miles Transitional Justice Governance Koro, Gulu Highway, Gulu City. | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion Paper; # 01, 2023 | |
| dc.title | COW ECONOMY: RECONSTITUTING THE BALALO COW ECONOMY DEBATE | |
| dc.type | Article |