share-herd
share-herd verb: 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.
Verb
share-herd (third-person singular simple present share-herds, present participle share-herding, simple past and past participle share-herded)
- 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.1988, Jeremy Swift, Major Issues in Pastoral Development
- She share-herds two sheep from her aunt's son.2013, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter Little, Michael Carter, Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa, →ISBN
Noun
share-herd (uncountable)
- The practice by which someone works as a shareherder; shareherding.
- 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...2013, Christopher B. Barrett, Peter Little, Michael Carter, Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa, →ISBN
Forms of share-herd
| third-person singular present | share-herds |
|---|---|
| present participle | share-herding |
| past participle | share-herded |
| past | share-herded |
| alternative form | share herd |
Questions about share-herd
- What does share-herd mean?
- Share-herd means 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.
- What part of speech is share-herd?
- Share-herd can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of share-herd?
- The past tense of share-herd is share-herded.
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