General Policy Documents (page 4)
Policy framework for informal cross-border trade
IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) Member States have produced a draft “Policy framework on the nexus between informal cross-border trade & cross-border security governance” (2018, 40pp) for enhancing cross-border cooperation and economic exchanges in the IGAD region. Exchanges and interactions between pastoralist, agropastoralist and crop-farming communities in dryland parts of the IGAD region play a […]
Community-based Animal Health Workers: VSF policy brief
In 2017, VSF (Vétérinaires Sans Frontières) International was involved in a study in 19 countries – including Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda in Eastern Africa – to analyse how animal health systems are organised. The study revealed that there are not enough qualified veterinarians to provide animal health services at local level. […]
World Bank: Investing in pastoralism 20 years ago
For an historical perspective on pastoral development in Africa, look at the World Bank Technical Paper 365 “Investing in pastoralism: sustainable resource use in arid Africa and the Middle East”, by David Pratt, Francois Le Gall & Cees de Haan (1997, 174pp). The first part deals with natural resource management (NRM), different pastoral systems, assessment […]
Pastoralism in Kenya’s land-use policy
The draft National Land Use Policy of Kenya (2016, 59pp) gives some attention to pastoralism, including transboundary issues. The overall goal of the policy is to provide a legal, administrative, institutional and technological framework for optimal and sustainable utilisation and productivity of land-related resources. To protect the natural resource and environment in the pastoral arid […]
Role and value of pastoralism
A 4-page position paper of the Coalition of European Lobbies on Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) on Recognising the role and value of pastoralism and pastoralists has been updated and published as CELEP Policy Brief 1. We, the Coalition of European Lobbies on Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), regard pastoralism as a rational and viable economic land-use […]