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01/09/2023
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Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
19/03/2022
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UN declared IYRP in 2026 !
On 15 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP). This final approval is the culmination of an IYRP movement that grew over several years to become a global coalition of over 300 pastoralist and supporting organisations. CELEP – through its member organisation Agrecol Association […]
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 […]
29/01/2015
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Index-based livestock insurance in Kenya and Ethiopia
In the report “Scaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: recent evidence and insights” (2015, 30pp) brought out by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the fifth case study is on index-based livestock insurance for pastoralists in Kenya and Ethiopia. ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), in partnership with Cornell […]
05/01/2015
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Transforming pastoral livelihoods in eastern Africa
Lands of the future: transforming pastoral lands and livelihoods in eastern Africa by Jon Abbink, Kelly Askew, Dereje Feyissa Dori, Elliot Fratkin, Echi Christina Gabbert, John Galaty, Shauna LaTosky, Jean Lydall, Hussein A. Mahmoud, John Markakis, Günther Schlee, Ivo Strecker & David Turton Working Paper 154 (2014, 28pp), Integration & Conflict Dept, Max Planck Institute […]
05/01/2015
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Land investment, pastoralist rights & conflict in the Horn
A two-day international conference on “Large-scale agricultural investments in pastoral lowlands of the Horn of Africa: implications for minority rights and pastoral conflicts” was organised by Addis Ababa University’s Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) in 2013. The 322-page book based on this conference, entitled A delicate balance: land use, minority rights and social stability […]
CELEP update November 2014
19/11/2014
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On the margin: internal displacement of Kenya’s pastoralists
In Africa, 66% of the land is used for pastoral production but – more than just a means of production – pastoralism is a way of life intrinsically linked to the identity of the individuals and communities that practise it. Given their mobile lifestyle, the fact that pastoralists can become internally displaced is often overlooked. […]