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What is the difference between Transhumant herders and nomadic pastoralists?Transhumance is the regular movement of herders with their livestock for herding and grazing. Nomadic Pastoralism is the irregular movement of the herds to seek fresh pasture.
What is a Transhumant herder?Transhumance is a mobile livestock farming method that is based on regular, seasonal movements. The movements are mostly predictable; each year, herders follow the rhythm of the seasons and pass over the same trails and pasturelands that they already know.
What is the difference between nomads and pastoralists?Most nomadic groups have focal sites that they occupy for considerable periods of the year. Pastoralists may depend entirely on their herds or may also hunt or gather, practice some agriculture, or trade with agricultural peoples for grain and other goods.
What is a pastoral herder?Those who practice pastoralism are called "pastoralists". Pastoralist herds interact with their environment, and mediate human relations with the environment as a way of turning uncultivated plants (like wild grass) into food.
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