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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 […]
05/11/2011
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Milk matters in Karamoja, Uganda
Households in the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda have seen a sharp drop in access to animal milk in recent years. The declining milk supply affects livelihoods, food security and markets, but has the greatest impact on the nutrition of young children. A study by Elizabeth Stites and Emily Mitchard on Milk Matters in Karamoja: Milk […]
05/11/2011
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Livestock marketing in Kenya and Ethiopia
The last few years have witnessed a renewed interest in the export of live animals and meat from Kenya and Ethiopia. In both cases, the private sector has taken the lead in initiating or advocating for the revival of the export business, prompting the respective governments to pay attention to the potentials of livestock trade. The […]
05/11/2011
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Marketing of camels in Ethiopia and beyond
Although pastoralists in Ethiopia are often characterised as unresponsive to market opportunities, the bulk of Ethiopia’s growing formal and informal livestock and meat exports are supplied from pastoralist areas of the country. The report “The Commercialization of Camels in Mid-altitude Ethiopia and Beyond”describes a relatively new trend in pastoralist livestock marketing, being a dynamic response […]
05/11/2011
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Are livestock coops in Borana disadvantaging the poor?
01/11/2011
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