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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 […]
30/04/2017
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Innovation in managing natural & social capital in Kenyan group ranches
The paper “Tracing innovation pathways in the management of natural and social capital on Laikipia Maasai Group Ranches, Kenya”, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2016: 6:16), looks at changes in resource management since group ranches (GRs) were established in Kenya starting in the 1960s. A case study of a GR in Laikipia County […]
27/04/2017
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Women’s empowerment in pastoral societies
The report “Women’s empowerment in pastoral societies” (2008, 137pp), by Fiona Flintan, published by the World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism“ (WISP), reviews hundreds of reports and publications across the globe that include aspects of gender relations within a pastoral, herding or livestock-based context. From these, case studies were selected to form a picture of women’s […]
24/04/2017
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Survival of the fittest: pastoralism & climate change in East Africa
Climate change is having a destructive impact on many groups around the world. Pastoralists in East Africa have been adapting to climate variability for millennia and their adaptability ought to enable them to cope with this growing challenge. The Oxfam Briefing Paper “Survival of the fittest: pastoralism and climate change in East Africa” (2008, 47pp) […]
22/04/2017
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Enhancing resilience to food security shocks in Africa
The DFID, World Bank and USAID discussion paper on “Enhancing resilience to food security shocks in Africa” (2012, 72pp) brings together thinking on what is meant by the concept of resilience and some of the principles that are fundamental to it. Several references are made to food security and resilience of agropastoralists and pastoralists in […]
22/04/2017
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Impact of food aid on pastoralist livelihoods
The evidence brief “The impact of food assistance on pastoralist livelihoods in humanitarian crises” (2017, 7pp) is based on a full systematic review on the impact of in-kind food assistance on pastoralist livelihoods in emergency situations. Pastoralists rely on adaptation strategies that have historically allowed them to achieve high levels of productivity, manage the hazards […]