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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 […]
27/11/2018
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Peacebuilding in Kenya-Somalia borderlands
In the article “The changing nature of local peacebuilding in Kenya’s north-eastern borderlands” (2018), published in Accord Insight 4: 26–33, Aden Abdi and Jeremy Lind examine the northeastern Kenyan borderlands with Somalia, tracing the evolution of conflict and peacebuilding from the post-independence period to today. Through a historical analysis of relations between the margins and the centre, they […]
27/11/2018
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Cropping by Borana agropastoralists in Ethiopia
The study on “Challenges and contributions of crop production in agro-pastoral systems of Borana Plateau, Ethiopia” by Abera Tilahun et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2017 7:2, investigated how Borana agropastoralists in southern Ethiopia are looking to crop production to reduce their vulnerability to uncertain climatic conditions and reduced access to grazing […]
27/11/2018
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Livelihood diversification in pastoral areas in far-west Ethiopia
The study “Livelihood strategies and diversification in western tip pastoral areas of Ethiopia” by Yilebes Addisu, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2017 7:9), sought to identify the livelihood strategies and diversification status of people living in Lare Woreda (District) in the western tip of Ethiopia. A survey of 133 sample households and four […]
26/11/2018
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Pastoral project & territorial conflict in southern Kenya
Interventions in the name of development often simplify complex social realities, lose sight of the relational dynamics beyond the “target group” and thus may contribute to conflict. The article “Territorial conflicts, agency and the strategic appropriation of interventions in Kenya’s southern drylands” by Angela Kronenburg Garcia (published in Sustainability 2018, 10(11), 4156) examines how a […]
26/11/2018
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Kenya-Ethiopia MoU on cross-border animal health
The “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on cross-border cooperation on animal health and sanitary measures” (2016, 8pp) was designed to enhance bilateral cooperation and joint coordination on cross-border animal health issues and sanitary measures to improve the livelihoods of […]