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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 […]
03/09/2018
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Focus on Ethiopia – Linking research and policy processes related to pastoral development
24/08/2018
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CELEP background reader on pastoralism
CELEP partners compiled some key information about pastoralism – above all in Eastern Africa – as background information to use in policy dialogue, especially in Europe. The “background reader on pastoralism” (2015, 10pp) brings facts and figures about the significant contribution of pastoralism to economic growth, highlights some key challenges and opportunities for pastoralists, informs […]
16/08/2018
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Community protocols for pastoralists & livestock keepers
The CELEP member organisation LPP (League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development) and the Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) Network have brought out a manual on “Community protocols for pastoralists and livestock keepers: claiming rights under the Convention on Biological Diversity” (2018, 101pp). A community protocol is a document, produced by a local community, […]
15/08/2018
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Livelihood diversity in Borana pastoralist households in Ethiopia
The paper “Determinants of livelihood diversification strategies in Borena pastoralist communities of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia” by Amare Molla, published in Agriculture & Food Security (2018 7:41), looks into the factors that determine choices of livelihood strategies by Borana pastoralist households in southern Oromia. Data were collected using both qualitative and quantitative methods from 110 household […]
10/08/2018
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Samburu male youth’s visions for future
Land fragmentation, human population growth, climate change and modernisation create challenges for pastoral livelihoods worldwide. These changes oblige many young pastoralists to make new types of decisions about their future. In the study “Paired comparison of visions for the future among young pastoralists and students in Samburu, Kenya” by Brett Bruyere et al, published in […]