I wanted to add a file, its an awesome article to help you, but I can't so I'll copy and paste some of it:
-In various regions of the world the pastoral economy shifted from subsistence oriented to market oriented production."This shift occurs when monetary exchange becomes regular and so generalised that pastoral products are no longer solely produced for direct use by the production unit, but acquire a monetary value, realisable through market exchange. When this happens, the character of pastoral products as marketable commodities is taken into account, a priori, during the process of production itself. "Discussed this process for Africa's pastoral production sector, and they conclude that the commercialisation often leads to specialisation by Rangifer, Special Issue No. 15, 2004 narrowing the range of products extracted from the herd. Frequently this specialisation goes with a shift from milk production to meat production which is encouraged by a general price decline for milk due to competing products, e.g. milk-powder. Other strategies, allowing the pastoralist to respond to thedemand from the new markets, include a change in the herd composition and a transition from intensive herding management to more extensive forms."And lastly, In respect to livestock rearing, the fundamental question is whether the herd is an intrinsic value for a pastoralist or a market commodity. Certainly and unsurprisingly, the market factor has increasing importance."
Lol I know you won't read all of this! But OMG when I copy and pasted it, it was all spread out and spaced way too many times, so I had to spend like 30 minutes getting it to this format!
