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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 […]
20/04/2018
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Dairy development & pastoralist women’s milk consumption
Animal milk contributes to diversity in women’s diets, especially among pastoral communities. There have been many large-scale dairy development projects in East Africa, but few examples of pro-poor dairy development based on collective action and focused on increasing milk production and consumption by women. The study “The effect of participation in a pro-poor dairy development […]
14/04/2018
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Struggle of traders in pastoral meat supply chain in Kenya
In the drylands of northern Kenya, pastoralist communities sell sheep and goats mainly to local traders who connect them to different markets. This pastoral livestock supply chain is characterised by inadequate market information, without which it is difficult to improve the coordination of seller–buyer activities. The article “Making decisions without reliable information: the struggle of […]
10/04/2018
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Links between climate resilience and peace in pastoral Ethiopia
The USAID report “Lessons learned from the Peace Centers for Climate and Social Resilience: an assessment in Borana Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia” (2017, 80pp) assesses the lessons learnt from a pilot project in Borana Zone. This project tested the hypothesis that collaborative community activities to strengthen climate resilience, focused on building key institutional […]
07/04/2018
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Report on CELEP activities in 2017
CELEP’s annual activity report for 2017 covers the various lobbying activities in which the Coalition was involved, concerning – among other things – the New Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition, LAPSSET, Biocultural Community Protocols and various contacts with the European Commission and Members of the European Parliament. It also describes several networking activities, such […]