share-herd
noun1
The practice by which someone works as a shareherder; shareherding.
Most often used attributively
- Little et al. (2006) reported that households who lost animals during drought remained vulnerable and poor six years after the drought in Ethiopia, and poor families had to borrow animals (often on a share-herd basis) to restock their herds after the 1998-2000 drought.2011, A.J. Jordaan, Drought Risk Reduction in the Northern Cape, South Africa. PhD thesis, University of the free State, South Africa:
- At a time when the very poor were desperate to recover their few animal assets they also took on animals from wealthier households on a share-herd basis (that is, a contract where in exchange for herding the poor share in herd offspring usually on a 50/50 basis), permitting the best off households to avoid labour and feed costs while reaping gains in herd growth.2013, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter Little, Michael Carter, Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa, →ISBN: