Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 22)
Legislation to support cross-border livestock mobility
In Policy Brief 14 of COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), entitled “Legislation to support cross-border mobility” (2010, 3pp), Ced Hesse from the CELEP member organisation IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) draws attention to the tremendous importance of cross-border livestock mobility to national and regional economies and food security, particularly in […]
LAPSSET project & rural politics in northern Kenya
In 2012, construction began on the Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) corridor in northern Kenya. This is designed to connect Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia with new transport infrastructure, including a highway, railway and pipeline. According to planners, it will drive economic growth by improving trade, attracting investors and stimulating rural development along the transport […]
How do pastoralists participate in project planning and M&E?
Starting in the mid-1990s, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ, now called GIZ, with “I” standing for “International”) developed guidelines and shared experiences in participatory approaches to interacting with pastoralists in development projects, for example, in the two publications: Planning with pastoralists: PRA and more (1994, 99pp) Participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) with pastoralists […]
Governance of rangelands – with case from northern Kenya
The 2017 review by Claire Bedelian of the book The governance of rangelands: collective action for sustainable pastoralism (2014, 300pp, edited by Pedro Herrera, Jonathan Davies & Pablo Manzano) includes an abstract of a chapter by Guyo Roba on “Strengthening communal governance of rangelands in Northern Kenya”: “In Chapter 11, Roba gives an example of […]
Pastoralism, policy & food sovereignty in Eastern Africa
The report “Pastoralism, policy and law in the EAC and IGAD Regions” (2017, 16pp) is a summary of a study commissioned by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) on pastoralism-related policy in regions of the East African Community (EAC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The aim of the desk review was […]