Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 45)
Global policy narratives on drylands & pastoralism
The global narratives that dominate agricultural policy are built on crisis scenarios around meeting projected food demand, now complicated by global climate change and food price spikes. The role given to drylands and pastoralism in these narratives shows little consistency, except for characterising them as lacking in some way, e.g. as unproductive, resource scarce, fragile, […]
Keekenyokie: adding value to Maasai beef
Pastoralism in Kenya is suited for arid and semiarid environments and has a vital role to play in the sustainability of these dryland ecosystems. This is argued in the case study “Keekenyokie: adding value to Maasai beef” about the Keekonyokie slaughterhouse and meat conservation enterprise of the Maasai pastoralists in Kajiado in the Rift Valley […]
Livestock Data Innovation in Africa
The Livestock Data Innovation Project works with national governments and institutes in developing methodologies for identifying, collecting and analysing livestock data in three pilot countries: Uganda, Tanzania and Niger. It has helped identify key livestock indicators and related data to foster pro-poor investment and policy formulation. The project consists of three components: 1) Collecting and analysing household […]
Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin 3 (June 2013)
The third issue of “Making Rangelands Secure: news, views and experiences of policymakers, practitioners and communities on making rangelands secure for local users”, reports on the March 2013 symposium in London, UK, on conservation and land grabbing; protecting livestock corridors in Tanzania; Maasai women’s fight for land rights in Loliondo, Tanzania; participatory rangeland management in […]
Collective action, innovation & wealth generation by Kenyan pastoral women
When people join to tackle problems of common interest, this is collective action – a phenomenon often observed among poorer residents of densely populated urban areas or farming systems but seldom in sparsely populated rangelands, where pastoralists are better known for their social independence and opportunistic behaviour. The article “Collective action, innovation, and wealth generation […]