Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 46)
Pastoralist livestock and local livelihoods in Sudan
Pastoralist livestock production is an important element of Sudan’s economy. This is highlighted in a report Standing wealth: pastoralist livestock production and local livelihoods in Sudan, brought out by the Feinstein International Institute (Tufts University) and UNEP, authored by Saverio Krätli, Omer Hassan el Dirani and Helen Young, with Samira Mohammed Ahmed, Osman Mohammed Babiker, […]
Possible eviction of pastoralist communities in Tanzania
The Government of Tanzania has developed a controversial plan to subdivide the Loliondo Game Controlled Area as a measure to end its long-standing land dispute with the Maasai pastoralist community. The Government decided to split the 4000 sq.km area into two parts: the Maasai are to be allocated 2500 sq. km, while the 1500 sq. […]
Pastoral adaptation to climate change: Ethiopians learn in Mali
Ethiopians from five partner organisations in the Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) visited Mali in 2011 to learn about good practices in pastoral adaptation to the effects of climate change. The hosts were DCG Mali and the Malian Arid Lands Development Organisation (MALDO). In Nioro du Sahel and Nara in northern Mali, they learned how the […]
Consultants sought for LEGS study in Horn of Africa !
The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) are a set of international guidelines for livelihoods-based livestock responses in emergencies. Since the LEGS Handbook was published in 2009, the project has rolled out a training programme, based on training of trainers courses and the building of national and local capacity in developing regions of the world. […]
Counting on uncertainty in North-East Kenya
In a semi-arid part of Kenya, the new economics foundation (nef) and CARE International explored whether the benefits created by projects investing in climate-change adaptation outweigh their implementation and opportunity costs. Adaptation interventions pushed by multilateral donors often focus on so-called “hard” adaptation measures at macro scale, such as infrastructural investment. The study “Counting on […]