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01/06/2021
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Pastoralism is the future – animated video
Man-made climate change is creating conditions on our planet that are increasingly characterised by variability and unpredictability. Pastoralists use variability to their advantage. Their production systems guide us to a sustainable future. Find out how they do it in this 2:23-min animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac This video film was created by Cartoonbase and realised by CELEP […]
02/01/2021
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Cross-border activities for livelihood security in the Horn of Africa
Pastoralist communities have long carried out a wide range of cross-border activities to protect their livelihoods and livestock production systems in order to cope with the recurrent climatic variations typical of dryland environments. However, there is limited understanding of the nature, magnitude and value of these cross-border livelihood activities in the Horn of Africa. National […]
29/12/2020
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Livestock and human nutrition
The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) commissioned a discussion paper “Livestock and Nutrition” (2020, 14pp) by Kate Sadler that reviewed key issues relating to human nutrition in the context of livestock-based emergency interventions. The literature review gave particular attention to: i) the contribution of livestock to household nutrition; ii) the impact of emergencies on […]
29/12/2020
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Improving pastoral tenure security in East Africa
The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has produced a 2-page Outcome Note, written by Fiona Flintan of ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), on “Improving tenure security for pastoralists in East Africa” (Oct 2020). It gives a very brief summary of PIM support […]
28/12/2020
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CELEP annual report for 2020
The report on CELEP activities in 2020 is structured according to the action plan drawn up in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2019. However, because of COVID-19, several events were postponed to 2021 or transformed into online events, such as the six webinars and the virtual AGM in late 2020. Shortly before the pandemic […]
28/12/2020
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