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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 […]
16/03/2024
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Benefits of pastoralist mobility for nutrition in Kenya
Pastoralist mobility underpins resilience, food security, nutrition, and human and animal health. The USAID Nawiri Longitudinal Study Learning Brief 2 “Mobility matters: the benefits of pastoralist mobility for nutrition in Marsabit and Isiolo Counties, Kenya” (2023, 12pp) by Elizabeth Stites et al presents findings on strategic mobility and its nutritional benefits to pastoralist communities in […]
15/03/2024
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Policy to avoid conflict between herders & crop farmers in Tanzania
The brief (9-page) article “Analysis of silence in policy on farmers-pastoralists conflict in the hotspot districts of Tanzania” by Parit Saruni, published in Academia Letters (2021, Article 4125, https://doi.org/10.20935/AL4125) reviews various policies, acts and strategies affecting the coexistence of farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania. The review is guided by the belief that pastoralism is not […]
07/03/2024
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International Women’s Day 8 March 2024
02/03/2024
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Large-scale irrigation can destroy Kenya’s pastoralism
There is much talk about investing in irrigation in Kenya’s drylands, with the idea of greening the “desert”, boosting food production and creating new livelihoods. In the article “Why irrigation needs to think smaller to save Kenyan pastoralism” published in The New Humanitarian (28 February 2024), Ian Scoones and Hussein Wario caution that large-scale irrigation […]
20/02/2024
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