Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 49)
Pastoralists in the Horn are risk managers
Pastoralism is an adaptation to risk and is a way to sustain the resilience of dryland ecosystems. It seeks optimal land-use performance over space and time through using complex and flexible strategies in a highly uncertain environment. The policy brief “Pastoralists as shrewd managers of risk and resilience” issued by WISP (World Initiative for Sustainable […]
Climate change adaptation in Africa’s livestock sector
The briefing note “Supporting adaptation to climate change in Africa’s livestock sector”, issued by WISP (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism) in 2010, argues that Africa’s livestock sector contributes negligibly to global output of greenhouse gases and that the most extensive livestock systems can even contribute environmental benefits such as maintaining rangeland biodiversity and ecosystem health. […]
Unfolding pastoralism in Uganda
The Uganda Land Alliance has brought out a special issue of its newsletter (December 2012) entitled “Unfolding Pastoralism”. It includes articles on community-based animal healthcare services, laws related to pastoralism in Uganda, community consultations on the Uganda rangelands policy, securing land rights of the Karamajong and the empowerment of women in pastoralist communities. One article […]
Capitalising on pastoralism to feed people
CELEP has co-issued a policy brief “Capitalising on pastoralism to feed people” together with the League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) network, the Rainfed Livestock Network (RLN), the Endogenous Livestock Development (ELD) network and the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP). […]
Foreign investment in pastoral areas of Ethiopia and the Sudans
In a 2012 Briefing Paper from Chatham House (UK) “Peace, bread and land: agricultural investments in Ethiopia and the Sudans”, foreign investment in land is analysed within the historical political and economic context of the Horn of Africa. The main focus is on Ethiopia, where the paper points to significant foreign investment in land by […]