herdsman

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

People who work with animals
apiarist
beekeeper
breeder
buckaroo
cowboy
cowman
dogcatcher
drover
gaucho
goatherd
jackaroo
jillaroo
mahout
milker
ostler
shepherd
shepherdess
stable boy
stockman
stockwoman

Examples of herder

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Economic specialization among herders, farmers and hunter-gatherers led to different ethnic economies within inclusive cultural practices and institutions.
Though these changes affected rural areas less dramatically, farmers and herders also sought alternate sources of capital, security and distribution.
Increasing colonial presence disrupted the seasonal mobility of indigenous hunters and herders.
In total 39 per cent of all herders have undertaken at least one landimproving investment.
Older herders are expected to be less likely to migrate than their younger counterparts.
Our study tests this and uses the results to draw policy conclusions for improving the welfare of herders.
The inability to resolve herder-farmer conflicts has resulted in frequent mass movement of cattle across the borders.
Such a policy may adversely affect herders with large herds and should therefore to be considered in the light of its benefits and costs.
Lack of water is expected to be one of the major factors forcing the herder to move.
Second, such pressure forces the herders to move out in search of more pasture and water.
Those who continue to remain faithful in repayment are considered trustworthy and are appointed herders.
From the regression results, we obtain the predicted probability that the herder migrates with livestock.
Cooperation between different neighborhoods took the form of granting grazing access to herders who were temporarily passing through the area.
All education dummies have positive and significant coefficients, indicating that more educated herders report higher productivity than their less educated counterparts.
Furthermore, about 26 per cent of all herders own no cattle at all, but have small stock (sheep and goats).
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