These are the following reasons which problems faced by pastoralist:-
- Colonial policies lead to a serious shortage of pastures, when pastures were turned into cultivated fields.
- Restrictions where imposed on pastoral movements.
- Forest where reserved.
- Access to forests was restricted.
- Forage for cattle became difficult to find; the cattle where underfed and died.
- The pastoralist had to pay tax on every animal they grazed, which became very high.
- Many pastoralists and nomads last their livehoods.
- They could not take forest products.