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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 […]
03/10/2017
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Resilience & innovation in the Horn of Africa
The publication “Resilience Focus 3” (2016, 78pp), produced by IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) and DLCI (Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiative for Improved Policy and Practice in the Horn of Africa), highlights key resilience issues in the drylands of the Horn, such as natural resource management, market access and finance services, livelihood support and basic […]
03/10/2017
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World Bank: Investing in pastoralism 20 years ago
For an historical perspective on pastoral development in Africa, look at the World Bank Technical Paper 365 “Investing in pastoralism: sustainable resource use in arid Africa and the Middle East”, by David Pratt, Francois Le Gall & Cees de Haan (1997, 174pp). The first part deals with natural resource management (NRM), different pastoral systems, assessment […]
28/09/2017
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How Kenya’s herders got their livestock insured
In a feature article “How Kenya’s herders got their livestock insured” in the online publication Rethink Earth (Resilience Thinking for Global Development), Lucas Larsen writes about the challenges that ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) scientists are facing in developing insurance for pastoralists in the drylands of Kenya. He relates how it took several tries and […]
26/09/2017
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How local traders link pastoralists to market in north Kenya
The article “Manoeuvring through difficult terrain: how local traders link pastoralists to markets” by Guyo Roba et al, published in the Journal of Rural Studies 54 (2017): 85–97, looks at the role of pastoralists, traders, brokers, transporters and other actors in pastoral meat-supply chains. Projects to “link pastoralists to markets” in northern Kenya focus on […]
26/09/2017
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Why pastoralists keep camels in Karamoja, Uganda
The article “Socio-economic determinants of pastoralists’ choice of camel production in Karamoja sub-region, Uganda” (2017) by Jenipher Biira Salamula et al (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 7:26) tries to explain why pastoralists in Karamoja choose to rear camels in their search for improved food and income security. A total of 116 respondents were interviewed in […]