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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 […]
05/08/2017
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Colonial & post-colonial changes in role of Borana women
The colonial experiences of pastoralist women have been largely ignored in the literature on Africa. The paper “Colonial and post-colonial changes and impact on pastoral women’s roles and status” by Fatuma Guyo, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2017 7:13), looks at pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods to locate the impact of colonisation on pastoral […]
05/08/2017
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Building resilience to natural disasters among Borana pastoralists
The paper “Building resilience through social capital as a counter-measure to natural disasters in Africa: a case study from a project in pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in Borena, in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia” by Go Shimada and Miki Motomura, published in African Study Monographs, Suppl. 53: 35–51 (March 2017), attempts to make a quantitative […]
05/08/2017
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Local safety nets for food security of Rendille pastoralists
The increase in climate-change-related natural disasters presents a major threat to the food security of pastoralists in East Africa. The paper “Strengthening local safety nets as a key to enhancing the food security of pastoralists in East Africa: a case study of the Rendille of northern Kenya” by Xiaogang Sun, published in African Study Monographs, […]
05/08/2017
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Maasai herding & land use in flux
Pastoral livelihoods are evolving rapidly. The emergence of globalised markets and the integration of globalised production in developing countries have forced many pastoralists to shift their economic strategies of production to accommodate these evolving markets. The paper “Pastoralist societies in flux: a conceptual framework analysis of herding and land use among the Mukugodo Maasai of […]
05/08/2017
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Pastoralism in Kenya’s land-use policy
The draft National Land Use Policy of Kenya (2016, 59pp) gives some attention to pastoralism, including transboundary issues. The overall goal of the policy is to provide a legal, administrative, institutional and technological framework for optimal and sustainable utilisation and productivity of land-related resources. To protect the natural resource and environment in the pastoral arid […]