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Importance of livestock routes in Ethiopia
In September 2015, an international meeting on the “Importance of livestock routes for local, national and regional development” was organised by the Rangeland Management Platform – a forum coordinated by the Pastoral Livestock Development Directorate in the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP). The participants concluded that livestock routes […]
Where have all the nomads gone?
Mobile African pastoralists are probably undercounted or excluded from many data sources because of the difficulties in enumerating them. In the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is expected that everyone will be counted and their characteristics measured. It is therefore important to develop appropriate strategies for including mobile pastoralists. In the article “Where have all […]
Pastoralism pays: evidence from the Horn
In a Briefing from CELEP member IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) entitled “Pastoralism pays: new evidence from the Horn of Africa” (2015), Caroline King-Okumu, Oliver Wasonga and Eshetu Yimer have summarised findings from field studies on pastoralism by university students. As competition for land and water resources intensifies, there is a need to […]
Mobile pastoral livelihoods and access to resources
The working paper Mobile livelihoods, patchy resources and shifting rights: approaching pastoral territories (2007, 24pp) of the International Land Coalition (IC) analyses the rationale behind livestock mobility in pastoral systems and the related rights of access to and control over natural resources. It looks at the role of the government and its interaction with pastoralist civil-society […]
Inclusive green growth in the Kenyan drylands
Green growth promises to provide the economic incentives that resource-dependent dryland communities need to achieve sustainable inclusive economic development. Kenya’s current devolution process provides an opportunity for green economic planning in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) to be informed by local people’s perspectives on needs, priorities, resource conditions and trends, but aligning the necessary […]