Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 44)
Women’s land rights on communal rangeland
The actual gender relations within rural communities and the strategies being pursued in communal land processes are obscured and often ignored in policies about communal rangelands, which over-stress the ecological and economic impact and the balancing of these dimensions. As active and primary users, women play a central role in livelihoods supported by communal rangelands. […]
NRM in the drylands in the Horn of Africa
The natural resources in lowlands in the Horn of Africa are used mainly by pastoralists and agropastoralists trying to cope with low and unreliable rainfall, low soil fertility and recurring drought. It is important to ensure that policies and institutions are in place to improve resilience and productivity, in order to reduce recurring drought and […]
Resolving conflicts and building peace in the Horn of Africa
The 17-page technical brief “Conflict resolution and peace building in the drylands in the Greater Horn of Africa” prepared by the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of Africa (CGIAR Consortium / FAO Investment Centre) focuses on pastoralist communities in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudans and Uganda. The analysis looks […]
Community adaptation funds in the Kenyan drylands
Effective governance of natural resources is crucial for adaptive capacity and climate-resilient growth. Climate change will hit dryland communities early and severely because it exacerbates existing structural causes of poverty and inequality. Poor governance and exclusion of local voices (particularly from planning and managing of use of natural resources) has eroded pastoralist communities’ distinctive capacity […]
Challenge of institutional reform in Kenya’s pastoral areas
Kenya cannot achieve its development targets unless there are appropriate investments in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). Covering two-thirds of the country, the ASALs can make a significant contribution to national development. Failure to integrate them into the national economy is perhaps the main reason for the failure of national development since independence. Investing […]