Share-herd
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The practice by which someone works as a shareherder; shareherding. uncountable
"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."
- 1 To care for the livestock that belong to someone else, in exchange for a percentage of the profits or offspring; to work as a shareherder.
"Another goal was to raise the general level of herd productivity to that of herder-owned and managed herds from the lower level of productivity in herds containing a significant number of share-herded animals."
Example
More examples"Another goal was to raise the general level of herd productivity to that of herder-owned and managed herds from the lower level of productivity in herds containing a significant number of share-herded animals."
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