Mobile pastoralism in West Asia – Myths, challenges and a whole set of loaded questions, by Dr. M. Taghi Farvar, Policy Matters #12, September 2003.
- Myth 1: Pastoralism is an archaic form of production not adapted to modernity
- Myth 2: Mobility is inherently bad
- Myth 3: All conflicts are caused by pastoralists
- Myth 4: Rangelands are degraded because of over-stocking and overpopulation
- Myth 5: Pastoral production has very low productivity
- Myth 6: Pastoralists have to settle down in order to benefit from modern services
- Myth 7: Pastoralism destroys biodiversity and leads to desertification
- Myth 8: Pastoralists do not take care of the land because of the ”Tragedy of the Commons”
- Myth 9: Pastoralists are poor, in ill health and food insecure
- Myth 10: Pastoralists overgraze their land
