Pastoral Research & Innovation (page 13)
Research questions for extensive livestock systems in East Africa
In December 2012, the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) held a workshop on “Extensive Livestock Research Multi-Stakeholder Research Questions” in Nairobi, Kenya. EAFF is collaborating with several other organisations working in Eastern Africa as part of PAEPARD (Platform for African European Partnerships in Agricultural Research for Development) in creating multi-stakeholder partnerships on agricultural research for development. […]
Action research for Disaster Risk Reduction in Ethiopia & Kenya
In the project “Improved Community Response to Drought” (ICRD) funded by ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office), the Vétérinaires Sans Frontières consortium (VSF-Belgium, Germany and Switzerland) is engaged in action research in the Greater Horn of Africa. It is working in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia with Dessanach, Hamer, Somali and Karamoja pastoralists in Pastoral […]
Boran use lIvestock-based indicators to assess rangeland quality
In Marsabit Central District in northern Kenya, a study of Borana herders’ indigenous monitoring and assessment of rangeland quality found that the herders have considerable ecological knowledge, which focuses on livestock-based indicators at the level of classified landscapes. The herders’ personal experiences and social memory provided an environmental history of grazing landscapes and perceptions of […]
Reflection on 25 years of IIED Drylands Programme
In IIED’s Reflect & Act series of brief papers, Ced Hesse and Camilla Toulmin reflect on the long-term action research of the Drylands Programme in East and West Africa. The Programme started in 1987 to bring together people with a different view, particularly anglophone and francophone researchers and NGOs in the drylands of sub-Saharan African. […]