Lessons from the Dzud

Dzud is the Mongolian term for a winter weather disaster in which deep snow, severe cold, or other conditions render forage unavailable or inaccessible and lead to high livestock mortality. Dzud is a regular occurrence in Mongolia, and plays an important role in regulating livestock populations. However, dzud, especially when combined with other environmental or socio-economic stresses and changes, can have a significant impact on household well-being as well as local and national economies. This study aims to fill this gap in knowledge by conducting in-depth case studies of four communities responses to the 2009-2010 dzud to document both household-and community-level impacts and responses. The case studies use a mixed-methods approach employing qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis techniques including interviews, focus groups, household questionnaires, photovoice and document review, and were carried out in two soums (districts) located in the forest-steppe zone of Arkhangai Aimag (province), Ikhtamir and Undur Ulaan, and two soums in the Gobi desert-steppe zone of Bayankhongor Aimag, Jinst and Bayantsagaan. The specific objectives of this study are to assess herder household and community vulnerability, adaptive capacity, and medium-term recovery and resilience from the dzud of 2010.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E., Batjav, Batbuyan, Baival, Batkhishig
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AGRICULTURE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, ANIMAL, ANIMAL SPECIES, ANIMALS, APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES, ASIAN RANGELANDS, BASIC NEEDS, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, BREEDING, CAPACITY BUILDING, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DONOR INVESTMENTS, DROUGHT, ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATION, ECONOMIC CHANGES, ECOSYSTEM, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EXTENSION, EXTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, FACT SHEET, FALL FORAGE, FEEDING, FEEDING ANIMALS, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, FODDER, FOOD SECURITY, FORAGE, GOVERNMENT RESPONSE, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, GRASSES, GRASSLANDS, GRAZING, GRAZING MANAGEMENT, GRAZING PLANS, GRAZING PRESSURE, GRAZING RESERVES, GRAZING RESOURCES, HEALTH CARE, HERD COMPOSITION, HERD MANAGEMENT, HERD SIZE, HERDER, HERDER COMMUNITIES, HERDER ORGANIZATIONS, HERDERS, HERDING, HERDS, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN POPULATION, HUMAN POPULATIONS, HUMAN SOCIETIES, INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS, INEQUITIES, INTEGRATION, INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, LACK OF CAPACITY, LACK OF COMMUNICATION, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, LACK OF WATER, LEGAL STATUS, LIMITED RESOURCES, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK HEAD, LIVESTOCK INSURANCE, LIVESTOCK LOSS, LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT, LIVESTOCK MARKET, LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, LIVESTOCK POPULATION, LIVESTOCK POPULATIONS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MANDATES, MARKET ECONOMY, MARKETING, MIGRATION, MORTALITY, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL LEVELS, NATIONAL POLICIES, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NGOS, NOMADIC PASTORALISM, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OVERGRAZING, PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT, PASTORAL LAND, PASTORAL POPULATIONS, PASTORAL SOCIETIES, PASTORAL SYSTEMS, PASTORALISTS, PASTURE, PASTURE MANAGEMENT, PASTURE MONITORING, PASTURE RESOURCES, PASTURELAND TENURE, PASTURES, PENSIONS, PHYSICAL HEALTH, POLICY MAKERS, POPULATION EXPLOSION, POPULATION TRENDS, PRACTITIONERS, PRECIPITATION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC EDUCATION, RANGELAND, RANGELAND MANAGEMENT, RANGELANDS, RESPECT, RURAL HERDERS, RURAL POPULATION, SAFETY NET, SNOW, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, STATE POLICIES, STATE UNIVERSITY, SUMMER PASTURES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL INFORMATION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN MIGRATION, USE OF PASTURES, VEGETATION, VETS, VULNERABILITY, WATER SOURCES, WELLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/986161468053662281/Lessons-from-the-dzud-adaptation-and-resilience-in-Mongolian-pastoral-social-ecological-systems https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26783
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