Nomadic grazing is that grazing system, also described as one of the types of livestock, which consists of transporting livestock from one place to another so that they can feed themselves. Today, this livestock system is the main method of subsistence for various peoples who have been marginalized on the African continent; This is threatened by a series of norms that restrict the free movement of animals and occupy said territories for industrial, agricultural and / or urban purposes, directly affecting the future and the economic dependence of the peoples who practice this activity.
It is important to mention that nomadic herding is declared as the main agricultural production system of those arid territories, which is why it is of vital importance for the economy of the African continent, because it also constitutes around half of the land area of Africa. sub-Saharan.
Nomad pastoralism is very common in regions or territories with little arable land, generally in the developing world; There are approximately 30 to 40 million nomadic pastoralists in the world, much of them in central Asia and the Sahel region of West Africa, in peoples who are marginalized, such as the Tuareg, who are found in the Sahara desert; others are the Maasai established in the mountainous areas of Kenya and Tanzania; Finally, another example of peoples that resort to nomadic herding are the Saami or Lapps located north of the Scandinavian peninsula and Russia.
Este tipo de ganadería surgió como resultado de la llamada revolución neolítica; durante esta el hombre recurrió a la domesticación de animales y plantas para cubrir sus necesidades alimenticias.
