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01/09/2023
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Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
19/03/2022
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UN declared IYRP in 2026 !
On 15 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP). This final approval is the culmination of an IYRP movement that grew over several years to become a global coalition of over 300 pastoralist and supporting organisations. CELEP – through its member organisation Agrecol Association […]
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 […]
07/08/2019
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Pastoral resilience in South Sudan’s cross-border areas
The FAO report “Resilience analysis of pastoral and agropastoral communities in South Sudan’s cross-border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” (2019, 28pp) presents the results of a baseline survey for the 3-year project “Strengthening the Livelihoods Resilience of Pastoral and Agropastoral Communities in South Sudan’s Cross-border Areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” funded […]
07/08/2019
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Mobile pastoralists & livestock marketing in Karamoja
The web article “Mobile pastoralists: the challenge of livestock markets in Karamoja, Uganda” by Loupa Pius of the Dodoth Agropastoralist Development Organization – a CELEP partner – was published in March 2019 in the “Impakter” series of the Global Forum in Agricultural Research (GFAR). The article explores livestock markets and the use of pastoralist mobility […]
28/07/2019
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Sustainable rangeland management in sub-Saharan Africa
Sustainable rangeland management in sub-Saharan Africa: guidelines to good practice (2019, 412 pp), published by WOCAT (World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies) and TerrAfrica, challenges the conventional view that rangelands in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are characterised by overgrazing, erosion, drought, famine and conflict. It shows how local people, often supported by enlightened projects and […]
28/07/2019
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Pastoral development in Ethiopia
The book Pastoral development in Ethiopia: trends and the way forward (2019, 100 pp) by Esayas Nigatu Gebremeskel, Solomon Desta and Girma Kassa – published by the World Bank and IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) – analyses the impact of investments in pastoralism in Ethiopia over the past 50 years, reviews current literature on […]