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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 […]
28/12/2017
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Legislation to support cross-border livestock mobility
In Policy Brief 14 of COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), entitled “Legislation to support cross-border mobility” (2010, 3pp), Ced Hesse from the CELEP member organisation IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) draws attention to the tremendous importance of cross-border livestock mobility to national and regional economies and food security, particularly in […]
27/12/2017
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Innovative ways to reduce farmer-herder conflicts
Procasur Corporation*, IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development), ILC (International Land Coalition), ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), the Land Portal Foundation and RECONCILE (Resource Conflict Institute) co-organised a week-long Learning Route (LR) in September 2017 about reducing conflicts between crop farmers and livestock keepers. The Value Chain Development Project (VCDP) in Nigeria had requested to […]
21/12/2017
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Decision matrix for development interventions in pastoral areas
In the article “Development interventions in pastoralist areas: a new decision matrix to identify win-win situations and no-go zones” published in the web-based journal Solutions (2017, Vol. 8, No. 3), Pablo Manzano introduces a methodology to allow outsiders from development programmes to quickly comprehend the logic of pastoral systems. This involves a respectful bottom-up approach […]
21/12/2017
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Pathways to resilience in pastoralist areas
Across the Horn of Africa, pastoralist areas have been persistent and difficult challenges for governments and for development and humanitarian agencies. Although often viewed as physically remote, universally poor and subject to droughts and conflicts, these areas can also be economic hubs, with substantial livestock trade networks to local markets and crossing borders to neighbouring […]
19/12/2017
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