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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 […]
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. […]