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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 […]
02/10/2012
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Making money out of a thorny problem: Prosopis in Ethiopia
In the arid Afar region of Ethiopia, few plants can survive on the low and erratic rainfall. However, one plant that survives and thrives is Prosopis, a thorny tree that was introduced into Ethiopia in the 1970s to stabilise the soil and combat desertification but spread rapidly, eating up over 1.2 million ha of the […]
02/10/2012
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Pastoralism and climate change
The VSF (Vétérinaires Sans Frontières) report on The role of small-scale livestock farming in climate change and food security includes pastoralists as “small-scale livestock farmers” – indeed, it gives particular attention to them in this report, including some examples from East Africa. The report looks at: i) how sustainable small-scale livestock farming (SSLF) systems are […]
30/09/2012
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Pastoral women as peacemakers
Research commissioned by the Community-Based Animal Health and Participatory Epidemiology (CAPE) Unit of the African Union’s Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU/IBAR) in 2003 looked into the traditional roles of pastoral women in peace and conflict, seeking to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different methods for working with pastoral women […]
30/09/2012
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Early warning in Afar & Somali: what worked & what didn’t
The Preparedness Improves Livelihoods and Resilience (PILLARII) project sought to improve the drought preparedness of pastoralists in Somali and Afar Regions of Ethiopia. With the support of ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office), Save the Children UK facilitated community contingency planning and early-warning systems (EWS) which were meant to lead to community-level responses to shocks […]
30/09/2012
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Livestock mobility in Chad: desk review
As part of the project “Securing Pastoralism in East and West Africa: Protecting and Promoting Livestock Mobility”, a desk review was made on pastoralism in Chad. Livestock mobility is important in this country for both seasonal transhumance and for access to domestic and international markets. The study focuses on the former. It gives a brief […]