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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 […]
09/08/2018
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Maasai gender relations in managing dry-season pastures
The paper “Getting by in the dry season: ololilis in Tanzania” by Alessandra Galiè and Ben Likuyu is a chapter (pp 93–100) in the book A different kettle of fish? Gender integration in livestock and fish research published in 2016 by the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock & Fish and the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). […]
02/08/2018
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Afar pastoralist households’ resilience to climate change in Ethiopia
Climate change and extremes are major challenges to pastoral production systems. Alternative ways of making a living could determine a pastoralist household’s resilience. The study “Understanding resilience of pastoralists to climate change and variability in the southern Afar Region, Ethiopia” by Muluken Mekuyie et al, published in 2018 in Climate Risk Management 20: 64-77, looked […]
02/08/2018
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How Somali agropastoralists adapt to climate change
The impact of climate change varies depending on location, adaptive capacity and other socioeconomic and environmental factors. In Somaliland, adverse impacts include recurrent droughts, greater biodiversity loss, encroachment of invasive plants, increased rural–urban migration, loss of soil fertility and higher health risks. The Heinrich Boell Foundation publication The impact of climate change and adoption of […]
01/08/2018
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Resilience analysis in Karamoja, Uganda
Karamoja region in northeast Uganda was historically a pastoral area. Cultivation of crops, which is less reliable than pastoralism, recently emerged as an additional source of household food and income in some areas. Few households are self-sufficient in terms of food; most rely on bartering for much of their staple food. The region suffers from […]
31/07/2018
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Pastoralists in northern Kenya diversify their sources of income
Research in northern Kenya shows that livestock herding remains the most important income-earning activity for pastoralist households, even though non-livestock activities make a significant contribution to household income. The paper “Managing livelihood risks: income diversification and the livelihood strategies of households in pastoral settlements in Isiolo County, Kenya” by Gargule Andrew Achiba, published in Pastoralism Research, Policy […]