Context analysis of pastoralism & agropastoralism in Ethiopia

As a contribution to further development of the Draft Policy and Strategy Framework of the Ethiopian Ministry of Federal and Pastoral Development Affairs (MoFPDA), Mercy Corps commissioned the SEGEL Research Training and Consulting PLC to analyse the context of pastoralism and agropastoralism in the country. The “Context analysis of pastoral and agropastoral areas to enrich and update Draft Policy and Strategy Framework” (2018) is based on an extensive literature review, focus-group discussions, key-informant interviews and workshops for collection of data and information. The findings are reported in sections devoted to six pillars:
1) Livelihoods of pastoralists and agropastoralists;
2) Disaster risk reduction, including local adaptation mechanisms and community resilience;
3) Basic social services (health, water, education and other basic infrastructure) and social protection;
4) Governance and capacity building in the public sector;
5) Policy dialogue and advocacy by and for pastoralism and pastoralists;
6) Conflict and peace, including local and crossborder conflicts and insecurity, local conflict-resolution mechanisms and peacebuilding.

The study recognises pastoral mobility as a core livelihood strategy for which policy support is needed, since mobility is key for sustainable range management that maximises use of the spatially dispersed and temporal availability of forage resources in the rangelands.

The full report (120 pages) can be found here and the summary (13 pages) can be found here.

Posted on 4 March 2020 in Pastoralism & Natural Resources, Pastoralism & Peacebuilding, Pastoralism & Services, Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure, Pastoralism, Policy & Power, Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition