Cold Weather and Livelihood Resilience of Bakarwal Pastoral Nomads

Asian Resonance(P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No.UPENG/2012/42622 VOL.-7, ISSUE-4, October-2018 E: ISSN No. 2349-9443)

Abstract



 Rakesh Sharma 

Senior Research Fellow, Deptt. of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

The present paper study the livelihood resilience of Bakarwal pastoralists against cold weather and focuses on cold weather stress faced by the community, capacity to deal with this stressful condition, strategies employed by the pastoralists, organizational support received by the pastoralists and community sensitivity to cold weather on the basis of mortality and affected rate. Research explores the community resilience during a stressful period. This study is based on DFID‟s framework; a cross-sectional survey was conducted. Findings of research demonstrate that an average family employed a combination of 3.60, 1.46 and 2.66 kinds of capacities in the winter, transit and summer camps. To deal with SCW, MCW and NCW an average family employed a combination of 2.46, 1.67 and 1.42 kinds of strategies. 

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