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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Environ Change. 2013 Mar 30;23(3):588–597. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.02.010

Table 2. Percentage of herders using specific strategies to attempt mitigating the effects of drought on cattle and sources of money to finance strategies, by site.

Emanyara Longido Total
A. Sources of money used to finance strategies (%)
Sold goats 9.8 84.5 58.8
Sold cows 94.1 8.2 37.8
Loan from friends/relatives 11.8 44.3 33.1
Salaries/wages 11.8 15.5 14.1
Other 3.9 15.5 11.5
B. Strategies used to attempt averting cattle loss (%)
Pumba 86.3 100.0 95.3
Veterinary medicine 100.0 96.9 98.0
Moving cattle 54.9 91.7 79.0
Splitting herds 49.0 87.6 74.3
Exclusive rights to private pasture 51.0 8.2 22.9

 N 51 97 148