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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 […]
08/01/2017
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Livestock Development Strategy for Africa 2015–35
The “Livestock Development Strategy for Africa (LiDeSA) 2015–2035” (2015, 158pp), published by the African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU–IBAR), seeks to transform the African livestock sector for accelerated and equitable growth. According to observed trends, demand for livestock and livestock products in Africa is expected to increase up to 8-fold by 2050, especially […]
31/12/2016
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Specialisation & diversification by pastoral Pokot in north Kenya
In the article “Adaptive cycles in the savannah: pastoral specialization and diversification in northern Kenya”, published in 2016 in the Journal of Eastern African Studies (10:1, 21–44), Michael Bollig brings evidence from Eastern Africa that a highly specialised mobile pastoral livelihood emerged in the early- to mid-19th century. Developments in the late 20th and early […]
31/12/2016
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Political representation of Il Chamus agropastoralists in Kenya
In the article “A victory in theory, loss in practice: struggles for political representation in the Lake Baringo-Bogoria Basin, Kenya”, published in 2016 in the Journal of Eastern African Studies (10:1, 189–207), Peter Little addresses political rights and identity among Il Chamus agropastoralists of Baringo District of Kenya. He discusses an important 2006 judicial ruling […]
31/12/2016
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Resilience and collapse among pastoralist groups in Kenya
In the article “Resilience and collapse: histories, ecologies, conflicts and identities in the Baringo-Bogoria basin, Kenya”, published in 2016 in the Journal of Eastern African Studies (10:1, 1–20), David Anderson and Michael Bollig use the concept of resilience to examine long-term adaptation and transformation in response to environmental, economic, cultural or political shocks or adverse […]
31/12/2016
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Livestock marketing in Kenya–Ethiopia border areas
The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) of the UK-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) produced a working paper on “Livestock marketing in Kenya–Ethiopia border areas: a baseline study” (2010, 35pp) by Sara Pavanello. Livestock marketing is regarded as critical for improving pastoral household income. Addressing constraints to development of efficient livestock marketing in the Horn of Africa […]