Pastoralism, Gender & Youth (page 9)
Maternal healthcare for pastoralist women in Sudan
The rate of maternal mortality among pastoralists in Sudan is very high. The study “Factors influencing the utilization of maternal health care services by nomads in Sudan” (2015, 12pp) by Babker El Shiekh and Anke van der Kwaak (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2015) 5:23; DOI 10.1186/s13570-015-0041-x) identified factors affecting Sudanese pastoralist women’s […]
How Europe could support pastoral dairying in Eastern Africa
Most pastoral development interventions focus on meat production. Greater emphasis on dairying could improve human nutrition in the drylands and strengthen pastoralist women’s role as traditional managers of milk and innovators in dairy marketing. The CELEP brief “Pastoral dairying in Eastern Africa: how could Europe support it?” (2018, 6pp) reviews documents about dairy development in the […]
Dairy development & pastoralist women’s milk consumption
Animal milk contributes to diversity in women’s diets, especially among pastoral communities. There have been many large-scale dairy development projects in East Africa, but few examples of pro-poor dairy development based on collective action and focused on increasing milk production and consumption by women. The study “The effect of participation in a pro-poor dairy development […]
Ungoverned markets for camel milk in stateless Somali areas
The “Milking Drylands” (EC Marie Curie research) initiative addressed issues of food security, market integration, gender roles and governance matters in the Somali ecosystem. The paper “Ungoverned markets: the emergence of camel milk markets in stateless Somali areas” (undated but probably 2003 or 2003, 15pp) by Michelle Nori et al looks into mechanisms for marketing […]
Implementing social protection in pastoralist areas in Ethiopia
Widespread poverty and vulnerability in pastoralist areas highlight the need to extend the provision of social protection to these populations. In the paper “Implementing social protection in pastoralist areas: low local distribution structures moderate PSNP outcomes in Ethiopia” (2011, 56pp), Rachel Sabates-Wheeler et al show that a programme design predicated on experiences in agrarian areas […]