General Policy Documents (page 2)
UN Declaration supports rights of pastoralists
In the South Centre Research Paper 123 “The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas: one step forward in the promotion of human rights for the most vulnerable” (2020, 61pp), Maria Natalia Pacheco Rodriguez and Luis Fernando Rosales Lozada describe the process of developing the Declaration adopted […]
Livestock’s contributions to SDGs in developing economies
In the World Economic Forum “Meat: the future” series, the paper “Options for the livestock sector in developing and emerging economies to 2030 and beyond” (2019, 28pp), written by a team at ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), examines the roles of livestock in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. It makes the […]
Uganda–Kenya Cross-border agreement for the Karamoja cluster
In mid-September 2019, the Presidents of Uganda and Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Kenya–Uganda (Turkana/West Pokot – Karamoja) cross-border programme for sustainable peace and socio-economic transformation for the Karamoja cluster. The draft MoU for the joint cross-border initiative can be found here and the joint workplan 2019–23 for the implementation […]
UNEA-4 resolution on sustainable rangelands & pastoralism
At its 4th session in March 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) passed Resolution L17 “Innovations in Sustainable Rangelands and Pastoralism”. This was originally proposed by the Government of Kenya and was supported by the Africa Group. It is a significant achievement to have a UNEA resolution specifically on rangelands and pastoralism. The Resolution […]
Kenya-Ethiopia MoU on cross-border animal health
The “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on cross-border cooperation on animal health and sanitary measures” (2016, 8pp) was designed to enhance bilateral cooperation and joint coordination on cross-border animal health issues and sanitary measures to improve the livelihoods of […]