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Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin 2 (Nov 2012)
The second bulletin from the learning initiative Making Rangelands Secure in East and Horn of Africa led by the International Land Coalition (ILC) brings news, views and experiences of policymakers, development practitioners and communities in the rangelands. It includes articles on recognising and certifying pastoralists’ (including women’s) land rights and experiences in participatory mapping and planning […]
Maasai-owned market and slaughterhouse
The Keekenyoike Market and Slaughterhouse is a community-owned business established by a group of 16 Maasai in 1981 in Kajiado County in southeast Kenya. The slaughterhouse is an example of innovation and learning in community-managed livestock enterprises. It was designed to function as a social enterprise with strong social social-insurance mechanisms for the local community. […]
Turkana seen through a complexity lens
On behalf of Oxfam GB Kenya, Jean Boulton from the University of Bath, UK, carried out research in April–June 2012 to look at development interventions in Turkana in North Kenya through a “complexity lens” to see what insights or suggestions would come to light. She explored how complexity thinking could be relevant and practical for […]
Protecting and promoting pastoralism in Africa
The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) brought out a policy brief in June 2012 on Protecting and promoting pastoralism in Africa, based on the Brussels Development Briefing on New Challenges and Opportunities for Pastoralism in ACP Countries in February 2012. It states that pastoralism supports tens of millions of people, makes the […]
Voices of Kenyan Maasai about climate change
As part of the project “Conversations with the Earth“, which brings indigenous voices from around the world to convey their experiences of climate change, Maasai youth near Oltepesi in Kajiado District, Kenya, made their own film. They documented the impacts of the 2009 drought in their area, killing livestock and people, threatening their livelihoods and […]