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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 […]
18/07/2013
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Keekenyokie: adding value to Maasai beef
Pastoralism in Kenya is suited for arid and semiarid environments and has a vital role to play in the sustainability of these dryland ecosystems. This is argued in the case study “Keekenyokie: adding value to Maasai beef” about the Keekonyokie slaughterhouse and meat conservation enterprise of the Maasai pastoralists in Kajiado in the Rift Valley […]
10/07/2013
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Livestock Data Innovation in Africa
04/07/2013
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Livelihoods & services in the drylands of the Horn
The technical brief “Livelihoods and basic service support in the drylands of the Horn of Africa” was issued in 2013 by the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of Africa, which supports the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and national governments in the Horn. Recurrent crises and continuing need for relief […]
04/07/2013
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Cropping in the drylands: opportunities & threats
Two studies commissioned by FAO and REGLAP on cropping in the drylands were presented in February 2013 on the ILRI campus in Nairobi to get feedback on the key findings and to develop an action plan to promote improved practice in dryland cropping in the future. The report “Outcomes of crop agriculture in drylands workshop” […]
04/07/2013
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Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin 3 (June 2013)
The third issue of “Making Rangelands Secure: news, views and experiences of policymakers, practitioners and communities on making rangelands secure for local users”, reports on the March 2013 symposium in London, UK, on conservation and land grabbing; protecting livestock corridors in Tanzania; Maasai women’s fight for land rights in Loliondo, Tanzania; participatory rangeland management in […]