Nomadic people

Human population history in the Holocene was profoundly impacted by changes in lifestyle following the invention and adoption of food-production practices. These changes triggered significant increases in population sizes and expansions over large distances. Here we investigate the population history of the Fulani, a pastoral population extending throughout the African Sahel/Savannah belt.

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The present study was aimed at people of Changthang, known as Changpa, who are nomadic shepherds. The Changpa nomads lived in rebo (tents) made from yak wool. The data reveal that all changpa nomads used bukhari for their heating purpose. They used wood and cow dung cake as fuel in bukhari and majority 82.86% of both women and children go to primary health centre because PHC also keeps moving with their camps so they prefer to go to PHC, only 5.57% of respondents went to district hospital when they are seriously sick.

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Bhakerwal and Pashmina are local Kashmiri goat breeds usually reared by nomadic people and people of Changthang region of Ladakh respectively. They play promising role in alleviating poverty of this far flung region of the country. Adequate breeding and research have been done in these animals to increase their population and quality but parentage analysis and pedigrees record keeping has been a limitation since long time.

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