Pastoral Research & Innovation (page 4)
Innovation in governance among pastoralists: Horn of Africa
The report “Innovation in governance: integrating technical and contextual perspectives to address fragility” (2022, 12pp) by Kamran Hakiman & Chloe Stull-Lane, focuses on how using process innovations can improve decision-making within complex environments in the drylands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Somalia. The research centres on the participatory multistakeholder approach SHARED (Stakeholder Approach to […]
Pastoral civil society across borders of Kenya, Uganda & Ethiopia
A study of civil society in border regions in Eastern Africa “Pastoralist civil societies: cooperative empowerment across boundaries in borderlands of Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia” (2018, 102pp) by Immo Eulenberger et al was published by the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute and the Robert Bosch Foundation. Civil society is generally regarded as constituting formal organisations that are […]
IGC/IRC 2021 papers on rangelands & pastoralism in Eastern Africa
At the combined International Grassland & Rangeland Congress (IGC/IRC) held in Nairobi, Kenya, in October 2021, several papers about work in pastoral areas of Eastern Africa were presented in the session on “Capacity, institutions and innovations for sustainable development“: Engaged research can advance knowledge AND promote positive change among the rural poor, by Layne Coppock, […]
Innovations for pastoralists & agropastoralists in African drylands
In the scoping paper “Innovations for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in fragile and conflict-affected areas” (2022, 36pp), Christabell Makokha et al identify 38 innovations for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel. The study was carried out because it had been recognised that, in recurring and protracted humanitarian crises, there were few […]
Developing legal & policy frameworks for pastoral mobility
Mobility is a vital strategy used by pastoralists to capitalise on the scarce availability of resources in variable environments, making pastoralism economically feasible and environmentally sustainable. Through mobility, pastoralists can produce animal-source foods in the rangelands and also provide various environmental benefits. Most policies have not kept up with new scholarship that acknowledges the importance […]