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LAPSSET: transformation project or pipe dream?
The Rift Valley Institute organised a meeting of the Nairobi Forum for Research, Policy & Local Knowledge in October 2013 about “LAPSSET: transformation project or pipe dream?” The Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) is a flagship project of the Government of Kenya’s Vision 2020. A panel made up of representatives of government, parliament and civil society […]
Warming to change? Ethiopian pastoralism & climate policy
A Future Agricultures Working Paper addresses how policy responses to climate change are shaping the agricultural – including pastoral – sector in Ethiopia. Warming to change? Climate policy and agricultural development in Ethiopia (2013) highlights multiple responses, including those under the banner of “green” economic development, with a focus on developing a low-carbon economy by […]
Lessons from village land-use planning in Tanzanian rangelands
An Issue Paper released as part of the series “Making Rangelands Secure” – a learning initiative supported by ILC, IFAD, RECONCILE, IUCN-WISP and Procasur – suggests improvements to the village land use planning (VLUP) process in Tanzania in order to better contribute to sustainable rangeland management. Developed by the Sustainable Rangeland Management Project (SRMP), the […]
CELEP 2013 annual meeting in Rome, Italy
The 5th annual meeting of CELEP, hosted by Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF)–Italy, was held on 8–10 October 2013 at the offices of the Italian Society for Preventative Veterinary Medicine (SIMeVeP) in Rome. Eighteen European members and Eastern African partners attended. The “pledges” about activities to be undertaken in the past year were reviewed, and the […]
The value of pastoralism: one-pager
This one-pager on The value of pastoralism, formulated by CELEP partners to support policy dialogue with the EU, brings very succinctly some key facts about pastoralism in Eastern Africa and some recommendations about what the EU can do to promote conditions favourable for pastoralism.