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Why might poor Maasai families take up alternative work when livestock declined?

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Correct answer: Because reduced livestock weakened the traditional base of income and food

Livestock was the main economic base of many Maasai families. Animals provided milk, meat, income, social security, and sometimes a way to exchange goods. If drought, disease, restrictions, or loss of grazing land reduced the herd, the family could no longer depend on animals as before. Poor families were especially vulnerable, so they might seek wage work, cultivation, trade, or other activities to obtain food and income.

Option A is correct because it explains the weakening of the traditional livelihood base. Options B, C, and D are inconsistent with the situation: receiving all pastures would not create pressure, cattle would still matter, and colonial rule did not provide unlimited milk. Taking up other work was an adaptive response to economic insecurity.

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Poor MaasaiAlternative WorkLivestock Decline

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