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pasture-shifting plans, transplanting trees and reseeding pasture besides carrying out
income generation activities.
Traditionally women have great roles in protecting natural resources like cleaning the
environment, giving their children ecological education, and teaching them the
traditional custom of appropriate use and protection of natural resources while men
have more roles in decision-making like selecting pasture, making agreements on
pasture use, and participating in the meetings.
By joining in the community men and women’s work loads are reduced someway like
they together doing some work as shifting pasture, making hay, moving to seasonal
pastures, shearing sheep, and many other.
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